DUI Lawyer in Greensboro
Life can happen in the blink of an eye and it can be taken away just as quickly. Our Greensboro DWI attorney was informed that a local family was awarded $10 Million via a wrongful death settlement. The horrific car accident occurred back in 2015. It was around 6:30 PM when a man was driving a Chevy Camaro on a revoked license.
The man crashed into the back of a Toyota, being driven by a 53-year-old father who was trying to get to the T-Mobile store to pay his phone bill. The accident from behind pushed the Toyota into oncoming traffic where he was hit and killed by an oncoming vehicle. Our personal injury lawyer in Greensboro was advised that the man died at the scene.
The man who was driving the Camaro, never put his foot on the break based on the investigation. Instead he went onto another road, ran through a stop sign and even came to a stop in someone’s yard. The man was convicted of second degree murder and a number of other criminal charges according to a criminal lawyer in Greensboro, NC. He is not set to be released until 2043.
The family of the man was awarded $10 Million in a settlement from the estate of the man who killed him. Our wrongful death lawyer in Greensboro was advised that $7.5 million was in punitive damages, $2.5 million was for wrongful death compensation and $50,000 in attorneys fees.
When looking at reports, our car accident attorney in Greensboro has been advised that 28 people die per day in the United States due to drunk driving accidents. In 2019, 10, 142 people were killed in drunk driving car accidents, per a Greensboro attorney. That actually was the lowest number of driving driving accident fatalities in 37 years.
The sad part is, as with most deadly car accidents, the man who was the driver that killed the father, is practically judgement proof. As great as these awards sounds with the man serving 20+ years in prison the chances of him paying this back are slim to none. A judgment is only as good as a person can afford to pay it. Our Greensboro lawyer sees this all of the time and sends out their thoughts and prayers to the family of the man whose life was taken far too soon!
- Continuing Legal Education Instructor of the Year, North Carolina Bar Association
- Former President, Greensboro Criminal Defense Lawyers Association
- Board Member, Criminal Justice Section, North Carolina Bar Association
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Garrett, Walker, Aycoth & Olson, Attorneys at Law
317 South Greene St, Greensboro, NC 27401
(336) 379-0539
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