RGV Liquor Liabililty Law Practice
When a person operates a vehicle under the influence of alcohol and injures someone as a result, it is clear cut that the driver under the influence is at fault. However, it’s also important to figure out who else might be responsible for the accident.
Texas’s dram shop laws were created to deter bars, taverns, and any other distributors from selling alcohol to a visibly intoxicated person or minor. If the establishment sells to a minor or a person is over served and is then involved in an accident resulting in personal injury or property damage, the establishment may be liable for damages.
A dram shop basically any drinking establishment where alcohol is sold and consumed such as a bars and taverns.
Liquor liability covers the following:
- Dram shop laws
- Dram shop acts
- Liquor liability
- Drunk driving
- Underage drinking and driving
- Fatal/personal injury drunk driving accidents
- Third party liability
People who get behind the wheel under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol can cause serious or even fatal accidents. Impaired drivers may cause widespread destruction to other motor vehicles or property. They also may cause serious or even fatal injury to pedestrians.
Some common injuries suffered by victims of accidents caused by impaired drivers include but are not limited to:
- Broken bones
- Amputation
- Lacerations
- Brain injuries
- BurnsDisfigurement
- Neck and back injuries
- Spinal cord injuries
Due to dram shop statute of limitations, the lawsuit must be initiated within two years of the injury or death.
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