Auto accident attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report that one has been killed in Minneapolis, Minnesota and one is in critical condition after a drunk driver, engaged in a police chase through downtown, crashed into a car. The crash occurred just before 1 a.m. on Central Avenue and 4th Street SE in downtown. Minnesota …
Police Cracking Down on Drunk Drivers through Labor Day Weekend
Auto accident attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm affirm that police departments throughout the country will be out in full force this Labor Day weekend in the final push of the “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” campaign. Coinciding with the holiday, the Illinois Department of Transportation (IDOT) released data reflecting a positive trend toward …
Nevada Pushes for Harsher Penalties for Drunk Drivers
Auto accident attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report that officials in Nevada are urging lawmakers to heighten penalties for those arrested for DUI, particularly first- and second-time offenders. Others are concerned about the toll such measures would take on the state’s jails and budget. Law enforcement officers and legal experts think that those arrested, …
New York Governor Signs Law to Keep Drunk Drivers off the Road
Auto accident attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm announce that New York Governor Andrew Cuomo recently signed a new bill in to law which will render driving drunk on a conditional license a felony. Driving on a conditional license was previously just a traffic violation. Drivers who are arrested for drunken driving in New …
DUI Threats During Your Morning Commute
Auto accident attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm highlight a recent article by CBS 2 detailing the very real, unexpected dangers of drunken drivers during morning commutes. The article features the story of one man, Don Boso, who survived a crash caused by an intoxicated driver around 6 a.m. one morning. Boso stopped at a …
Tennessee, Michigan to Crack Down on DUI Convictions
Auto accident attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm affirm that law enforcement agencies in Michigan and Tennessee are gearing up for a drunken driving crackdown. Recent national changes to DUI cases will mean more convictions in these states and across the nation every year. Police across Michigan, from more than 150 in 26 counties, recently started putting …
Monster Energy Drink Sued for another Teen Death
Monster energy drink lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report of another lawsuit filed by the family of a teenager who died after consuming the beverage. The 19-year-old, Alex Morris, died from a cardiac arrhythmia in 2012. A cardiac arrhythmia is an electrical problem with the rhythm or rate of the heartbeat, being either too …
Designated Drivers too often Fail to Stay Sober
Auto accident attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm highlight a recent article published by NPR on designated drivers. The article points to recent research which found that over 41% of “designated drivers,” when given breath tests, had been drinking. On top of this, nearly 20% of those designated drivers were drinking enough to be considered …
Family Sues Texas Bar after Fatal Drunk Driving Crash
Auto accident attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm highlight a recent lawsuit out of Austin, Texas, centering on dram shop laws, which hold bars and servers liable for drunk-driving crashes should that person be knowingly over served. The family of a man killed in Austin is now suing the bar the driver was drinking at …
Survivors Remember the Nation’s Deadliest Drunken Driving Crash
Bus accident attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm point to a recent article by USA TODAY, returning back to the country’s most fatal drunken driving crash. It occurred in 1988 in Kentucky, when a Kentucky motorist got on the wrong side of a high way and crashed, head-on, into a school bus filled with children. …
Monster Beverage Sued for Marketing to Kids
Energy drink lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm announce that Monster Beverage is facing a lawsuit alleging the company marketed its unsafe drinks to children. The plaintiff claims that Monster is the energy drink industry’s worst offender in targeting American youth. Just a week ago, in late April 2013, Monster sued the same plaintiff over …
Teen DUI Risks Spike in Prom Season
Auto accident attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report that, with the coming of spring, so does the season of celebration for high schoolers throughout the United States. Fortunately, the percentage of teens drinking and driving has decreased by half since 1991, although tragedies continue to occur. Despite the decrease in teen drunk driving, car …
Exxon Mobil to pay for Contaminating State’s Drinking Water
Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report that Exxon Mobile was recently ordered to pay $236 million in damages for contaminating New Hampshire drinking water with a gasoline additive. Known as MTBE, the state alleges Exxon knew the chemical was hazardous and a pollutant, but still approved its use for financial reasons. MTBE, or methyl tertiary …
Interstate Reopens after 95-Vehicle Pileup
Auto accident attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report that Interstate 77, near the Virginia-North Carolina border, recently reopened after a devastating crash that killed three and injured 25 others. The chain-reaction crash ultimately involved 17 separate accidents and 95 vehicles within a one-mile span. The crashes occurred near the bottom of Fancy Gap Mountain …
FDA Warned of Energy Drinks’ Serious Risks
A March 2013 letter, signed by 18 of the nation’s top doctors, is urging the FDA to re-evaluate the current standards of regulation for energy drinks and other beverages with added caffeine. Dangerous substance lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm commend the work of these doctors, who are speaking out against the unsafe practices of energy …
Texting While Driving Equals Drunk Driving
Auto accident lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm highlight the significance of these findings. Specifically, the study found that texting while driving is as dangerous as driving with a BAC of .10, which is almost twice the legal limit. Published in Traffic Injury Prevention, researchers from several universities participated in the study. Using a simulation …
Maryland Considers Bar Liability in Drunk Driving Crashes
DUI crash attorneys at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm report that Maryland, one of only eight states that have not adopted a version of a dram shop law, has recently re-considered implementing the legislation. Similar efforts in the past two years failed to make it out of the Maryland House Judiciary Committee. This re-consideration is spearheaded …
Drunk Drivers out of Luck this St. Patrick’s Day Weekend
DUI lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm urge Americans to take great care on the road this holiday weekend. St. Patrick’s Day is on a Sunday this year, so police throughout the country will be out in abundance starting on Friday night, March 15, 2013. St. Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, and March …
Wisconsin Drunk Driving Laws meet Resistance
Car accident lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm recently reported on six bills introduced into Wisconsin legislation aimed at finally cracking down on the state’s notoriously lax drunk driving laws. The set of bills are getting mixed responses, however, as both parties hesitate to pass the laws. Wisconsin is the only state in the nation where first-offense …
Drunk UCF Student Hits Trooper with her Car
An 18-year-old University of Central Florida student was recently arrested recently after she hit a trooper while driving drunk and drove away. Car accident lawyers at Pintas & Mullins Law Firm note that punishments for first-offenders, such as the UCF student, are getting tougher in many states throughout the country. The Florida trooper was outside of his …