Category: Impaired Driving

January 21, 2014

Aside from being an ‘accomplice’ are there other ways family, friends, companions, co-workers and bar tenders could be liable for a drunk driver? Recently, we posted the following question on Twitter, Facebook and Google +: “Should friends be arrested for letting friends drive drunk?” Our question – and a related blog post called “Could you …

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December 20, 2013

I recently wrote about how the law works  when drivers on legal marijuana cause a car accident.    The next logical question is what happens when drivers are on illegal substances and drugs and cause a car accident? The impairing effects from smoking marijuana generally last 45-90 minutes, and can be longer for ingesting cannabis through …

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December 9, 2013

CT teens arrested for letting friend drive drunk in fatal car accident brings up interesting debate about how responsible friends should be for another’s drinking and driving Believe it or not, if you allow someone else to drive drunk, you could be held accountable. At least in Connecticut.  Over the weekend the news broke about …

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November 23, 2013

Attorney discusses how medical marijuana use may be relevant in a negligence lawsuit from a car crash Registered medical marijuana users can inhale and breathe easy. A little bit, at least. Although their criminal liability for driving after having used medical marijuana was limited by the Michigan Supreme Court (as long as they weren’t driving …

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October 29, 2013

How does  legalized medical marijuana use in Michigan work with our impaired driving laws if a motor vehicle accident occurs? Many people are smoking pot.  But what happens when these people who are using medical marijuana then get in the car, drive and cause a car accident? Michigan has a Medical Marijuana Act that was …

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December 27, 2012

Learn what the Michigan Office of Highway Safety Planning is doing to prevent drunk driving car accidents over the holidays Our attorneys have been blogging a lot lately about safe driving around the holidays, and preventing car accidents caused by drunk driving. Today we wanted to share with you some helpful information from the Michigan …

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December 12, 2012

Learn about  BAC levels that constitute drunk and buzzed driving Many people still think that it’s okay to drive if they just are “buzzed.” They differentiate in their minds between having a couple drinks and being drunk.  It they have a “buzz,” then they think  it’s still okay to drive home. This is a horrible …

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December 3, 2012

What you need to know during National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month With all of the parties and celebrations, drunk and drugged driving is especially prevalent during the holidays. But no one wants to have a tragedy over the holiday season. For this reason, December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. This …

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July 11, 2011

Statistics on drunk driving accidents in Oakland County, from our auto accident attorneys Drunk driving accidents occur the most in the summer in Michigan, especially in July. I’ve been a frequent speaker at Law Day the last number of years, talking with Oakland County high school students about the dangers of drunk driving. With summer …

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