Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Car Accident Attorney: Impaired Motorists
At the Foley Law Firm, our car and truck accident lawyers aggressively pursue claims against impaired drivers responsible for serious personal injuries and wrongful death. The unlawful actions of these drivers often result in preventable tragedies that cause immense pain and suffering for victims and their families. If you or a loved one has been injured in an automobile accident, truck accident, or motorcycle accident caused by an impaired driver, a Scranton, Stroudsburg, Milford, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania-area car accident attorney at our firm can file a personal injury lawsuit on your behalf. We will fight for fair compensation and hold negligent drivers responsible for their actions.
Contact our auto accident lawyers to schedule a complimentary consultation today. With decades of collective experience helping our clients obtain fair compensation for their injuries, our attorneys are renowned throughout the country for their exceptional representation of car accident victims.
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Driving Under the Influence (DUI)
Driving under the influence, or DUI, does not only refer to a driver impaired by alcohol. DUI law encompasses drivers impaired by legal or illegal drugs as well. Any substance that can affect a driver's mental or physical capacities can result in a driver falling under the legal definition of impairment under DUI statutes. A driver may be convicted of a DUI offense even if the drug is a cold medicine or caffeine pills.
Most DUI-related car accidents involve drivers who are under the influence of alcohol. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a person is injured by a drunk driver every minute of every day. We have represented many drunk driving accident victims and victims of accidents involving other substances and have helped them obtain fair compensation. If you or a loved one has been seriously injured as the result of a driver under the influence of drugs or alcohol, contact a Scranton, Milford, Stroudsburg, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania car accident attorney today.
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Sleep Deprivation
Sleep deprivation affects 47 million American adults, or almost a quarter of the adult population. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, driver sleepiness is related to one in five serious car accident injuries. The National Sleep Foundation estimates that about 20 percent of Americans have dozed off while driving.
Commercial truck drivers are at a particular risk for sleep deprivation-related accidents. Truck drivers often work long hours and drive late into the night or early in the morning. Strict deadlines often compel drivers to ignore drowsiness or to use legal and illegal stimulants that may impair their ability to safely operate a vehicle. Any of these factors can cause the driver to lose control of the huge vehicle and cause a devastating accident.
Because it is very difficult to prove lack of sleep as the cause of an accident (no objective test exists to measure driver drowsiness), it is essential that victims have an experienced Scranton, Stroudsburg, Milford, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania-area car accident attorney on their side. Our attorneys can utilize accident reconstruction to help determine and prove the cause or causes of an accident. Contact the Foley Law Firm to schedule a consultation with our attorneys.
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Driver Distractions
In May 2001, the AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety published a report indicating that at least 25 percent of police-reported highway crashes involve some form of driver inattention. Driver distraction is one form of inattention and is a factor in over half of the crashes that occur on America's roadways. Distraction occurs when a driver is unable to safely perform a driving maneuver because some event, activity, object, or person within or outside the vehicle averts the driver's attention.
According to the AAA report, common causes of distraction among drivers are:
- Outside person, object, or event
- Adjusting radio, cassette, or CD player
- Cell phone usage
- Other occupant in vehicle
- Eating or drinking
- Smoking related
- Moving object in vehicle
- Adjusting vehicle/climate controls
- Other device or object brought into the vehicle
Young drivers (under 20 years of age) were found most likely to be involved in a distraction-related car accident. If you or a loved one has been injured in an automobile accident caused by a distracted driver, a Scranton, Stroudsburg, Milford, Hazleton, and Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania-area car accident attorney at our firm will file a personal injury lawsuit on your behalf. Contact our auto accident attorneys to schedule a complimentary consultation today.
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Contact a Pennsylvania Car Accident Attorney
Serving Scranton, Stroudsburg, Milford, Hazleton, Wilkes-Barre, and clients throughout Pennsylvania, a car accident attorney at the Foley Law Firm can help you attain the compensation to which you are entitled. Our lawyers aggressively pursue claims against drivers who recklessly drive while impaired. We have won substantial
auto accident verdicts and settlements on behalf of clients injured by drivers who drove drunk, sleep deprived, or otherwise impaired. If you have been injured by a negligent motorist, contact our car and truck accident lawyers and schedule a complimentary consultation.
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