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As Florence car accident attorneys, we were thankful to police for apprehending and arresting a woman who was driving under the influence of bath salts on December 6, 2011. According to reports from Fox 10, the 43-year-old woman was driving erratically in the area of Camino Adelante and Picacho Peak Road, stopping in the middle of the road and swerving into both lanes of traffic. At one point, her blue Nissan Altima left the roadway completely. Police pursued her for more than 30 minutes, finally stopping her with stop sticks and pepper spray. The woman then told police she had snorted bath salts before getting into her car. As Florence car accident attorneys, we know that other drivers are lucky that this woman did not cause a serious car accident or kill innocent people.

Arizona Drunk Driving Law

According to ARS 28-1381, it is unlawful for a person to drive while under the influence of intoxicating liquor or drugs, including any vapor releasing substances. According to a report in Fox 10 on September 9, 2011, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) announced that it was outlawing the possession and sale of bath salts sold under the names of “Purple Wave,” “Vanilla Sky” and “Bliss” because users reported disorientation, paranoia, and other extreme side effects after ingesting the chemicals in the salts. It is unclear what kind of bath salts this driver inhaled, however.

Arizona Car Accident Statistics

Impaired drivers were involved in nearly 5,500 car accidents in 2010, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT). These accidents resulted in the deaths of 223 people and left 3,724 injured. Total economic losses for Arizona from impaired drivers involved in car accidents totaled $416,311,470.

Contact a Florence Auto Accident Injury Attorney

As auto accident injury attorneys in Florence, if you have questions regarding an injury claim, feel free to call us at any time for a free consultation. The Husband and Wife Law Team at the Breyer Law Offices, P.C. advocates for the victim and aims to achieve the best settlement possible. We can visit you at your home or hospital. You can also come to our office. Contact us today for your free consultation at (602) 267-1280.

Many people who are searching for a top auto accident lawyer in Phoenix think only in terms of finding the best lawyer they can for themselves. This is exactly what they ought to do. They ought to find a lawyer with the best credentials, with the right personality and demeanor, and the right spirit and sense of justice that fits the needs of the person who has only one chance to obtain justice. And, that is the reality – there is only one opportunity to obtain justice after a serious personal injury matter or for the family who has lost somebody in a wrongful death situation. Therefore, the focus is rightly on finding that top lawyer. However, some wonder whether or not a lawyer will always work for their client, regardless of what may happen.

Well, I can only speak from personal experience. Our clients fight to overcome the obstacles they have been presented and they deserve a fighter on their side. We will take a case all the way to trial, regardless of the odds that stand against us and regardless of the fact that others may “quit” on their clients. Justice, in and of itself, is worth the fight. Beyond that, any time a lawyer simply runs away from a fight and drops a case or just about “forces” their client to settle a case the insurance company and the insurance industry is watching. They know the lawyers that will fight, and they know the lawyers that don’t know their way around the courthouse.

However, there are rare circumstances where lawyers can-and should-“fire” their clients. If a client is dishonest with their lawyer and/or has not told the truth to medical providers, police, or other vital witnesses related to the personal injury case, they do not deserve a lawyer. The best lawyers stay committed to their clients from start to finish no matter what. People who do not have real claims and are simply trying to “work the system’ do not deserve lawyers, and those lawyers should immediately “fire the client” if that is every discovered.

Fortunately, in our experience, people who are trying to “get over” on the system are extremely rare. Most people are honest, straightforward people whose lives have been changed due to no fault of their own, and they want the best possible lawyer to fight for them and stand by their side.

Car accidents in Phoenix on Interstate 10 have become increasingly frequent and, according to the most recent report involving an accident on the I-10 in Maricopa County, there have been 178 deaths along this dangerous stretch of read in five years, making it the third most dangerous section of highway the third most dangerous in the country.

Most of the time, serious accidents do not cause death. So we do not know how many people are now suffering from serious injury due to this dangerous section of freeway. It is indeed a sad state of affairs to see so many serious injuries and highway deaths on one section of a roadway.

We hope the Arizona Department of Transportation will now take every available step to reduce the number of accidents that take place along this stretch of road, and which cause many serious injuries and deaths. The report does not place blame, so we cannot necessarily say who is at fault in any of these incidents, but as experienced Phoenix auto accident injury lawyers, we understand the human costs of such tragedies. We also know that everything must be done to lower the number of auto accident claims in Arizona and this can be done in part by making the I-10 in Phoenix safer.

If you have been involved in an auto accident on the I-10 and have questions about its safety, or if you just have questions about car accidents in general, we encourage you to contact the best Arizona personal injury attorney in your area. It is important to know your rights, and to have your questions answered by a knowledgeable legal professional, whether you decide to pursue a lawsuit or not.

It is the right of anyone who has been in a serious car crash to get their questions answered honestly by competent car accident attorneys in Arizona, not just someone who will promise them millions and tell them what they want to hear without even knowing their case. Our law firm takes great pride in our honesty towards our clients and potential clients and providing them with information so that they can make the best decisions for themselves.

Passengers who bring injury claims in a Phoenix car accident have a better position in some ways than a driver, as it is an extremely rare occasion when a passenger is blamed for causing an accident. When a motor vehicle accident in Arizona seriously injures a passenger and they bring their personal injury claim to court, he or she does not normally have to worry about their claim being reduced due to the incident being partially their fault.

That is the biggest question in most car accidents: Who is at fault? Before anyone can collect any compensation for being seriously injured in an auto accident, negligence must first be proved.

As experienced auto accident lawyers in Phoenix, it comes as no surprise to us that insurance companies in Arizona will not pay claims just because someone was seriously injured or killed. The insurance company will only pay if it is determined that their driver was negligent. Passengers will still have to prove damages, but at least there is almost never an argument that the passenger caused the crash, and thus a greater likelihood that an injured party will receive fair compensation.

A recent study of an accident in Phoenix tells about how a Saturn failed to stop, rear-ending a Ford. A passenger in the back seat of the Saturn was killed as a result of this car accident in Phoenix, Arizona. While it has been alleged that there may have been alcohol involved, and that the Saturn failed to stop, it is highly unlikely that the woman who died could ever be blamed for causing the crash.

Though no amount of money can bring her back from the dead, this woman very well may have been a provider for a family, and her loss may very well cause considerable financial hardship for her family. In many cases, a skilled Phoenix auto accident lawyer can help prove who was at fault and help compensate the family in a small way for their terrible loss.

Seven people were taken to the hospital right after the Super Bowl in a collision involving three vehicles that occurred near Interstate 17 in Phoenix, AZ. Two of those hospitalized suffered serious injuries. Since the Cardinals had just lost the Super Bowl, it is possible that the accident was alcohol related. We hope that drinking and driving were not involved and further that everyone will recover fully from their injuries.

As experienced personal injury trial lawyers, we are often asked about what happens when three different vehicles are involved in a car accident. For automobile accidents in Phoenix, Arizona and elsewhere in the state, we help people to understand Arizona’s comparative fault system of justice. As an example, let us say in theory that in the car accident above that two or more of the vehicles involved were negligent. Could an injured party recover damages from multiple drivers? You are able to do so in Arizona.

Car accident victims that are injured seriously have a right to be compensated under Arizona law. Experienced car accident injury lawyers in Arizona help pursue claims against all parties who are negligent. A jury first decides the financial damages suffered by the Arizona personal injury victim and then apportions a percentage of the financial loss to all those who shared responsibility in causing the accident.

Again using the above example, a jury could find that only one vehicle caused the automobile accident and thus the other two vehicles would not be liable at all. Two of the three vehicles could share fault, and thus each of those negligent drivers would be responsible for 50% of the damage. It could also happen that all three vehicles were equally at fault, and so each would share a third of the liability. In this way, a negligent driver in an Arizona car accident will pay damages based on their percentage of the blame.

Finding an attorney after a car accident where blame is not immediately obvious is important, and that is why we invite you to contact us. At Breyer Law Offices, P.C, we can answer questions about Arizona’s accident laws, or about other legal issues involved in making a personal injury claim. We give honest, direct answers to allow people to make the best decision for them, and we do not try to convince people to file a lawsuit or make a personal injury claim just because the law allows it. As scrupulous auto accident lawyers we will explain all the strengths and weaknesses of the case before you proceed with any personal injury claim.

Sadly, Arizona drunk drivers continue to cause harm to innocent victims. In order to reduce drunk driving car accidents in Tucson and Phoenix and throughout Arizona, auto accident lawyers can play an important role. Reports indicate that a pedestrian hit on a sidewalk on Camelback Road close to 37th Avenue was injured due to an alleged drunk driver who ran a red light and swerved onto the sidewalk.

Since alcohol was probably a mitigating factor in causing the pedestrian accident in Phoenix, there should be both a criminal and civil prosecution of the driver. Too many people in Arizona are seriously injured and wrongfully die in drunk driving accidents in Phoenix, Tucson, and other communities in the state.

The criminal justice system works by putting drunk drivers in jail, but it does little to mitigate the financial damage too often caused by an alcohol-impaired driver. That is why it is equally as important to file a personal injury claim against the drunk driver’s insurance company in cases where there has been a serious injury. This will be an added deterrent to any drunk driver, and the use of experienced Arizona drunk driver injury lawyers in such cases can only make our streets and sidewalks safer.

Though the details in this case are sparse, and there is a possibility that alcohol did not play a role in it, we do know that alcohol-related car accidents involving pedestrians are prevalent throughout Arizona. As such, we need to take every step possible to ensure that drunk drivers stay off Arizona roadways.

We believe strongly in eliminating, or at least reducing, the risk of drunk driving, and that is why we invite anyone with a possible Arizona personal injury claim from any type of accident involving alcohol to contact us. We are glad to answer your questions, guide you towards what action is best for you, and in doing so keep others from becoming victims of drunk drivers.

The grief felt by the families of those Chinese tourists killed in the recent Arizona bus crash near the Hoover Dam must only get worse as six bodies of those who were wrongfully killed in this bus accident, aged from 15 to 56, were sent back to China.

The report goes on to raise some of the legal concerns around the bus crash. For those who would like to see justice for those wrongful deaths, they will have to wait until 2010 for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) to issue its findings on the causes of the bus accident.

The fact that this report will be so long in coming should raise a red flag for anyone familiar with the personal injury system, and especially to personal injury lawyers who could bring claims for the families of those who died or were seriously injured. As the families in China almost certainly know nothing about American personal injury laws, it is an added tragedy that many legitimate claims may fall away due to the missing of important deadlines. This means that even if, as the initial evidence shows, the bus accident was entirely preventable and caused by negligence, these families will lose all right to file claims for personal injury.

We encourage those with severe injuries or families of those who have wrongfully died in an Arizona bus accident to immediately contact Breyer Law Offices or any other experienced Arizona bus accident attorney to help. We or other experienced personal injury attorneys will be able to tell injured parties whether or not there is a case, so that they can make a decision on whether to file suit. In such cases as the bus accident above, we believe those affected should contact an attorney from Arizona to deal with a case that most likely must be filed in an Arizona court.

We feel so strongly that people should have the necessary information before making a decision that we often have had to bring in translators to communicate with potential clients. When it comes to communication with clients, like other skilled Arizona auto accident lawyers, we are able to easily accommodate those who speak English and Spanish. Even so, we have had many other clients who spoke neither of these tongues, and were able to provide them with the necessary information to enable them to make the best decision on how, or even if, they should pursue their legal rights.

As Phoenix car accident attorneys, it is our job to prevent people with power from taking advantage of innocent victims. We happen to see a lot of abuse when the government uses its own laws to defend itself from legal responsibility. Many talk about personal accountability and personal responsibility, and there has been a push to ensure that people in our country accept blame when they do wrong. Many people who cannot work due to an injury caused by someone else’s negligent actions too often are accused that they are trying to place the blame on someone else instead of accepting responsibility for their situation.

When government employees are involved in causing serious injuries, it raises a red flag. According to a recent study, a City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department vehicle and a Chevy Malibu collided when, according to witnesses, the city vehicle ran a red light causing a six-car accident. The occupants of the Malibu included a woman eight months pregnant, who along with her boyfriend were transported to the hospital. She later gave birth to the baby, who possibly has brain damage as a result of the accident. If the driver of the Phoenix Parks and Recreation vehicle was indeed at fault, unless the car accident victim immediately hires a lawyer and takes the correct action to protect her rights and her baby’s rights, she could miss her chance to receive compensation.

Even if we assume that the witnesses were correct about the city vehicle running a red light and even if the City of Phoenix admitted fault in this case, there is still a way in which those responsible can escape liability. If a person seriously injured by a negligent government employee does not take the correct steps, they are in danger of losing their ability to file a lawsuit. In order to file a personal injury claim, the injured party must file a proper “notice of claim” within 180 days to the correct person or else they lose all rights.

It is unfortunate that government entities can avoid responsibility in such cases, and that is why we report on accidents that involve city vehicles in Phoenix, Mesa, Tucson, or any other city in Arizona. We know that when someone is seriously injured in an accident that they have more to think about than hiring a personal injury lawyer. Injured parties should be allowed to recover, and to have enough time to find an experienced and knowledgeable lawyer to help them.

That is why we urge anyone who has been involved in a serious motor vehicle accident with any government employee in Arizona to immediately speak to a knowledgeable and skilled Arizona auto accident lawyer to ensure that their rights to file a claim are not lost.

“A little bit of driver negligence has led to serious injuries,” a member of the Arizona Department of Public Safety stated concerning a woman seriously injured when both a truck and an SUV rolled through stop signs, crushing the woman’s car in between their two vehicles. This Phoenix auto accident closed down a section of Loop 303 in the West Valley while an innocent woman sustained severe injuries and six others were sent to the hospital.

We should remember this quote. We all drive, most of us every day. Cars and roads are vital elements in Arizona’s transportation system, and this is why safety issues such as wearing seat belts any time a vehicle is in motion, stopping completely at stop signs, stopping at red lights, and going the speed limit are just as important. One moment of negligence can result in a serious injury or wrongful death.

We have too often seen people’s lives destroyed by “a little bit of driver negligence.” We have seen too many incidents of wrongful death happen because of someone’s momentary carelessness.

Besides lawsuits, personal injury claims and monetary compensation, the driver at fault also has to live with the fact that they have caused someone else extreme pain and hardship due to their own neglect.

For the woman severely injured in this accident, finding the best car accident lawyer in Phoenix for her situation has become a very real issue. She now has to deal with huge medical bills, wage loss, and other financial hardships related to this incident, not to mention the fact that her life changed horribly in an instant due to “a little bit of driver negligence.”

Drunk drivers are causing more serious injuries and deaths on Arizona’s roads. According to reports in the Camp Verde Bugle, the death toll of 502 deaths related to alcohol on Arizona’s roads is climbing back towards 582 deaths in alcohol-related motor vehicle accidents that were reported in 1986.

No amount of money will bring back a loved one. Criminal courts only deal with the punishment of drunk drivers, so who will look after those who are left behind? Arizona personal injury lawyers can aid families who have lost an income or are dealing with other financial hardships associated with a wrongful death from someone else’s negligence in a drunk driving accident. Even if someone is only injured in a drunk driving accident in Phoenix, there are often huge financial costs associated with their injuries. Whole families are affected by drinking and driving, and we continue to watch with trepidation as deaths from drunk driving climb in Arizona.

Arizona auto accident lawyers like us help the victims of drunk drivers, and we know many of the questions people ask before bringing a claim. How long will it take to claim? What if the injury is serious? Will it take longer in such cases? What is necessary to file a lawsuit against a drunk driver? Can the party who drank and drove be forced to pay for pain or lost wages because of their negligence? We can answer these questions and many more to enable a family or individual to decide whether to file a personal injury claim.

Keeping the lines of communication with our clients open is important to us, though we are also proud of the fact that we are extremely successful in ensuring that our clients are compensated for their injuries. We are more than willing to answer questions of those involved or affected by serious injury or wrongful death caused by someone else’s negligence. It is not just the legal merit of the case we look at, but whether the claim is in the best interests of the family or individuals involved.

Meanwhile, we can only hope that the enforcement of drunk driving laws by prosecutors and the pursuit of damages by personal injury trial lawyers will help decrease the current spike in fatalities on Arizona’s roads.