W

e all understand the dangers of cars in our lives and accept that they are a necessary evil to our existence. However, the mixture of alcohol and cars can be deadly. Drinking alcohol to excess, where a person becomes intoxicated so that their normal faculties and senses are significantly impaired and then driving a car is morally, ethically and legally wrong. It can result in personal injuries and a car accident. In those cases, you need the help of our experienced and aggressive Las Vegas drunk driving accident attorneys. Under the Nevada law, cars are known as dangerous instrumentalities. The driver of a car is intoxicated to the extent that their normal faculties are impaired when their blood alcohol level exceeds .08% and are subject to arrest and criminal prosecution. It is unlawful for a person to operate a motor vehicle in Nevada when their blood alcohol level is .08 or greater. During 2005, 16,885 people in the U.S. died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes, representing 39% of all traffic-related deaths (NHTSA 2006). For twenty five years, Attorney Jack Bernstein has been assisting families in seeking money damages against the drunk driver who causes a Las Vegas car accident and personal injuries. We at Jack Bernstein and Associates would like to present your injury claim for the Las Vegas car accident causing injury to you and your family. It is important not only to seek compensation in an attempt to make you whole for your losses, but to send a message to drunk drivers in Las Vegas that such behavior will not be tolerated. It is important to force them to suffer consequences so they and others will be deterred from driving drunk and causing personal injury to our families. There are far too many car accidents in Las Vegas caused by drunk driving and it is important to make a claim to send a strong message to help Las Vegas drivers to understand that driving drunk is unacceptable. During one recent week my firm signed up five Las Vegas car accident cases caused by drunk drivers!

Victims of drunk drivers have the right to make a claim against the drunk driver and their insurance company for compensatory damages. This is money awarded to a victim of a drunk driver who is injured, which compensates them for their economic and intangible losses. The economic loss includes money for damage to your car from the Las Vegas car accident, and related property damage such as towing, storage of the car damaged in the accident, and loss of use of the damaged vehicle (rental reimbursement); lost wage reimbursement and payment for medical bills in both the past and future. Intangible loses include money damages that a victim of a drunk driver car accident is entitled to recover for mental anguish, physical pain, emotional injury, suffering, inconvenience, scarring, and the grief that we suffer when we lose of a loved one as a result of a drunken driver. At Jack Bernstein and Associates we will assist you in recovering these money damages without any attorney fees being charged to you unless we recover money damages for your Las Vegas car accident case. You might also be entitled to an award of money damages known as punitive damages for the injury or death caused by the drunk driver due to a Las Vegas car accident. This is an award of money for the purpose of punishing the drunk driver for causing the car accident and to deter others from drunk driving. The insurance adjuster in the drunk driving Las Vegas car accident case has to take into account that their insured driver was drunk and caused a car accident in Las Vegas. This normally means that the insurance company will pay a higher amount of money damages for injury and death caused by a drunk driver in a car accident. At Jack Bernstein and Associates, we will forcefully present the evidence related to the damages caused by a drunk driver in a Las Vegas car accident. In cases where there is a death as a result of a Las Vegas drunk driving car accident, the Nevada Wrongful Death Act sets forth the money damages that are recoverable.

The owner of a car that allows someone to drive it with their knowledge, permission and consent is legally liable for any compensatory damages caused by a Las Vegas car accident. If the owner of a car allows someone to drive the car and is negligent in doing so, he or she can be liable for the punitive damages as well. This would be in limited situations, such as where the owner of the car was aware the person borrowing it was drunk and allowed them to drive the car resulting in a Las Vegas drunk driving car accident.

If you or a loved one has been injured as the result of a Las Vegas drunk driving car accident, call Attorney Jack Bernstein and our Las Vegas drunk driving accident attorneys today, or fill out the convenient Quick Contact form on the right side of this page and write to Attorney Jack Bernstein.