West Texas Dram Shop Attorney
Every day, almost 29 people in the United States die in alcohol-impaired vehicle crashes thats’s one person every 50 minutes in 2016. Drunk driving crashes claim more than 10,000 lives per year. In 2010, the most recent year for which cost data is available, these deaths and damages contributed to a cost of 44B ($44,000,000,000.00) per year. Because of the high danger involved when someone drinks and drives and the possible high cost to our community, when we license a bar or restaurant to serve alcohol and make a profit from an activity in a location where we KNOW the person being served has to leave and get onto our roadways, our laws place certain responsibilities upon that company and those individuals. Those responsibilities include properly training and supervising their employees. They cannot serve an obviously intoxicated person. If they do over serve an individual then they are also responsible for whatever harms and losses that drunk person may cause when they get out onto our communities’ roadways. As they should be. This is a two fold issue, the drunk driver is responsible for breaking the law by getting behind the wheel drunk, but the company who over served them, knowing they had to get home in some way and were making a profit off of this over service, is responsible for its choices and wrongful conduct as well.
It is extremely important if you suspect that the drunk driver who hit you or a loved one was drinking in a bar or restaurant, that you immediately get in touch with a lawyer to help you navigate this process. Vitally important evidence can be lost if not immediately tracked down and preserved. Most restaurants and bars have videos which monitor the interior of their establishments. These videos can be key in proving the obvious intoxication of the drunk driver. They can also clearly show the amount of drinks ordered or received by the driver. Often all the drinks provided to the drunk driver are not reflected on the receipt as they may have been paying partially in cash, or other people may have been buying the drinks. If you do not get this evidence quickly (some companies destroy these videos within days or weeks of them being made unless they are told to preserve them) then you may be too late to hold the bar or restaurant responsible for its actions as you won’t have the proof you will need to win a trial.
You need a team that has done these cases before and knows what evidence to look for, where to find it, and who to force to keep it. Experts will be needed to prove the level of intoxication and recreate the wreck. You want an experienced team on your side and that is where Borland Phiffer Law comes in.
The Response
Misty Borland Phiffer and her team have represented Texans in this type of litigation for more than two decades. The Borland Phiffer Law Team understands the outrage victims experience upon knowing that profits were placed ahead of public safety. Misty Borland Phiffer is compassionate to victims and persistent in her pursuit of answers. Using experienced investigation and negotiation skills, her team works hard to fight for full justice for their clients.Texas establishments should be held accountable for the choices they make that affect the general public like putting a clearly drunk driver on the road. Hiring an experienced Dram Shop Law attorney is important in achieving a successful legal outcome. Misty Borland Phiffer and her team pride themselves as “the sword and shield standing between you and harm,” and the firm offers free consultations.
Borland Phiffer Law, PLLC – Your Dram Shop Law Attorney
Misty Borland Phiffer is licensed in Texas and New Mexico. If you or a loved one has experienced an injury from someone’s negligence from over serving a patron or an underage drinker, contact us. No business should push profits over public safety and those that do are to be held accountable. By aggressively pursuing Dram Shop Law cases, it is Misty’s goal to achieve compensation for victims that serves as a warning for businesses and social hosts. When a good time crosses the line with knowing assistance from others, those injured deserve justice. To schedule your free case review, text the Borland Phiffer Law Firm today. We stand ready to serve as your personal injury trial attorney.