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The large number of cases of drunk driving and consequent car accidents in the United States is both disturbing and alarming. If you or someone in your family has been a victim of a drunk driving accident, contact a drunk driving lawyer at Jim S. Adler & Associates to get thorough legal help that can seek recovery and compensation for you.

The law firm is dedicated to serve those who are victims of drunk drivers and to hold those guilty responsible for the harm and suffering they’ve caused via a drunk driving car accident. The Adler team of drunk driving lawyers is very experienced in this field and can help you to pursue compensation for such an accident.

Drunk driving statistics are alarming.

Drunk driving statistics show that many major vehicle crashes in the United States are the result of drunk driving and negligence.

All 50 states now apply two statutory offenses to driving under the influence of alcohol. The first one is called Driving Under the Influence (DUI). It is also called Driiving While Intoxicated/Impaired (DWI) or Operating While Intoxicated/Impaired (OWI). The second offense is called “illegal per se,” which is driving with a blood alcohol content (BAC) of 0.08% or more. Since 2002, anyone driving a vehicle while having a BAC of 0.08% or higher has been driving illegally.

Drunk driving statistics show that in 2007 there were approximately 13,000 fatalities in alcohol-related crashes in the U.S. That’s 31.7 percent of the total traffic fatalities for that year. In fact, for the past decade, alcohol has been a factor in between 39 and 41 percent of all crash fatalities each year. In short, close to half of all crash fatalities are due to drunk driving.

Victims or family members of those who have died may legally be entitled to compensation, often from insurance companies which cover vehicles and their owners involved in such car accidents. Even when a drunk driving accident is not fatal, people who are victims of such accidents can become physically handicapped, perhaps losing a vital body part or becoming paralyzed.

Some non-profit organizations in the U.S. are involved in assistance to those who are victims of drunk driving crashes. One such organization is Mothers Against Drunk Driving, or MADD, based in the Dallas suburb of Irving, Texas.

MADD favors education, victim assistance and advocacy. It also pursues stricter laws in a variety of areas, seeking stronger sanctions for DUI offenders. MADD also helps victims of drunk driving, strives to maintain a reasonable legal age for driving and mandates that alcohol “breathalyzer” tests be given to everyone involved in such driving, to measure their body’s alcohol content.

MADD has an eight-point plan, announced in 2002, involving the nation's effort to prevent impaired driving, increase strict enforcement for DWI and other offenses, enact various laws and otherwise control drunk driving.

A drunk driving lawyer or attorney can help.

Newly enacted laws and other legal issues related to drunk driving can be quite confusing. So if you are a victim of an accident by a drunk driver, immediately contact a drunk driving attorney to help you file a lawsuit for the damages caused.

A drunk driving lawyer with Jim S. Adler & Associates can file a lawsuit against a drunk driver to hold the driver responsible in accordance with the laws of the state. Such a lawyer can seek financial recovery for you to meet medical expenses and lost wages. Contact a drunk driving lawyer at Jim S. Adler & Associates to assess your case and, if it’s accepted, to vigorously pursue it.

An Adler & Associates drunk driving lawyer can pursue the maximum compensation for drunk driving accident-related injuries. Such a lawyer will represent the victim or his or her family members in order to gain compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, property damage, pain and suffering.

Never consult an insurance adjuster without first taking legal advice from a drunk driving attorney in your case. The insurance adjuster may not have your best interest in mind. Therefore, it’s vital that you first consult a drunk driving lawyer and then take his or her advice regarding further actions.

For experienced, effective and hard-hitting legal representation, immediately contact a drunk driving lawyer at Jim S. Adler & Associates. Or learn more about drunk driving cases via the firm's News and Views blog. And don't forget: The Jim Adler law firm offers a free case review.

DISCLAIMER: The Jim S. Adler & Associates law firm, located at 3D/International Tower, 1900 West Loop South, 20th Floor, Houston, Texas 77027, is licensed to practice in Texas. Even so, the law firm also works in conjunction with outside and local counsel, as needed, to litigate claims in such other states as:

Jim S. Adler & Associates also has offices at City Place Building, 2711 North Haskell Ave., Suite 2100 LB40, Dallas, Texas 75204-2887; Bank of America, 12605 East Freeway, Suite 400, Houston, Texas 77015-5619 (serving Channelview, Texas); and San Pedro Plaza, 7330 San Pedro Ave., Suite 700, San Antonio, Texas 78216-6237.

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Drunk driving toll is like a war against innocent Americans

Every day, Americans hear, read or see news reports, then react with horror to war, famine, air crashes, hurricanes and other major calamities and natural disasters. Yet one of the most costly and horrific travesties in our society continues year after year without the unified and sustained outrage it merits, in part because it occurs in small increments which add up. Victims can find a lawyer with Adler & Associates to fight back.