Drunk Driving Accidents

Drunk Driving Accidents

New York Drunk Driving Injury Lawyers

Ellis Law has no mercy on drunk or drugged drivers and no sympathy for them either. Not only do we aggressively sue them, we have also taken an active role in trying to prevent drunk driving through our Stop-DWI Scholarship Programs, donations to Anti-DWI groups, and similar programs which are discussed below.

Driving while intoxicated (DWI), driving under the influence (DUI), or operating while intoxicated (OWI) are the terms people commonly use to refer to alcohol or drug-related driving behavior. While the criminal justice system can handle the criminal aspects of a drunk driving accident, it typically fails to address the heavy financial burden that a drunk driving injury or death has on innocent victims and families.

Drunk driving accidents leave thousands of people dead and injured in the United States each year. Most sensible people would agree that anyone who causes an accident while driving drunk acted in a negligent, careless, or reckless manner, and thus, should be held responsible for the harm caused to innocent victims. At Ellis Law we welcome the opportunity to protect the rights of innocent injury victims against drunk and drugged drivers! We aggressively handle cases involving:

• Alcohol-related crashes and collisions, including auto accidents, truck accidents, boating accidents, pedestrian accidents, motorcycle accidents and any other accidents involving drunk drivers.

• Drug-related crashes and collisions, including auto accidents, truck accidents, boating accidents, pedestrian accidents, motorcycle accidents and any other accidents involving drunk drivers.

• Driver and passenger injuries from auto accidents, truck accidents, boating accidents, pedestrian accidents, motorcycle accidents and any other accidents involving drunk drivers.

• Dram-shop personal injury litigation in which we sue bars that serve alcohol to cause people to become drunk or to people who are already drunk.

• Habitual drunk drivers and traffic offenders.

• Underage drinking and driving, serving alcohol to minors, or purchasing alcohol for minors.

Ellis Law Anti-DWI Efforts and “Stop-DWI” Scholarship Program

Ellis Law has received recognition from Anti-DWI groups, DWI victims and their families, politicians, and others for our pioneering efforts to help make our communities safer for all of us, by joining FULL FORCE in the fight against drunk (and drugged) driving.

How did we get involved in this fight? We are in our third decade of fighting for personal injury settlements and trial verdicts for innocent people who have been killed, crippled, hospitalized, required surgery or were otherwise seriously injured by drunk or drugged drivers.

You would think that after all this time and all of these cases, we would just give up, and accept the fact that we cannot do anything to help do away with this extremely serious problem. But we are not quitters, we are fighters. We are gladiators when it comes to going into battle on behalf of our clients who have suffered injury caused by drunk or drugged drivers (and on behalf of ALL of our injured clients). Like the story of David and Goliath, our job is to fight and destroy the massive, multi-billion dollar “giant” insurance companies. In effect, we are taking on the multi-billion dollar alcohol companies too by suing bars, convenience stores and others that provide alcohol to intoxicated or underaged people.

Our ONLY job is to protect accident victims! We do it every day. We do not represent clients on real estate closings, wills, criminal charges or any other area of law. We represent those who have been injured and if that means doing our share to PREVENT injury to innocent people, we are willing to do that too!

As personal injury and wrongful death attorneys, we have seen firsthand the devastation that drunk driving can cause and we are dedicated to doing something about it. And, we put our money where our mouth is. In addition to donating to Anti-DWI groups, we offer $10,000 in college scholarships to high school seniors who write the best essay entitled “How To Stop Teenage Drinking And Driving” and we share their ideas with law enforcement and school officials and pledge our support to them to help in implementing these ideas. We look to our youth for creative, yet practical and realistic solutions to this very serious problem.

We are dedicated to helping eradicate drunk driving by offering this and similar programs, donating to anti-DWI organizations, and aggressively suing intoxicated drivers who injure or kill innocent victims. We consider our efforts to be one small step toward making our communities safer for all of us. We believe that if we are able to save just one family from the heartache caused by irresponsible drinking and driving, our efforts will have been well founded.

The lawyers at Ellis Law have extensive experience in holding drunken drivers and those who helped them become drunk responsible for their IRRESPONSIBLE actions. We invite anyone injured by an intoxicated driver (or the family of persons who lost their lives due to the reckless actions of a drunk driver) to contact us today to assist them in presenting their legal claims. Ellis Law will gladly help you learn about your rights free of charge!

To find out more about your rights as victim of a drunk driving accident, please call our free Injury Answerline at 1-800-LAW-7777 (1-800-529-7777 Toll-Free Nationwide) or submit a simple request form to the online Injury Answerline®.

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