If we’ve said it once, we’ve said it a thousand times; a drunk driving defense is only complicated when the DWI arrest is associated with a traffic accident. It makes little difference whether one lives in Bergen, Middlesex, Mercer or Atlantic County, when you throw in an injury or fatality…
While most people arrested and charged with driving while under the influence of beer, wine or hard liquor do little more than catch the eye of an observant police officer while operating their vehicle in a possible suspicious manner, other individuals charged with driving while intoxicated occasionally cause an accident.…
The last time we mentioned unintended consequences. Well, there are unintended consequences for driving while intoxicated, either by alcohol, prescription meds, or illicit drugs such as marijuana or cocaine… and then the are unintended consequences of those original consequences, so to speak. One consequence that we would prefer not to…
When it comes to defending motorists against charges of drinking and driving the subject of unintended consequences comes up from time to time. While no one who takes a drink at a restaurant, bar or family gathering expects to be stopped by the police when driving home, it is a…
It’s never a good idea to leave the scene of a traffic accident, especially when you may have been the cause of the crash. Add to that the possibility of being arrested for drunk driving and the police, much less the court, will have little sympathy for your position. Other…
A New Jersey driver was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after the vehicle in which he and another man were traveling crashed on Route 47 early on a Sunday morning. According to news reports, the accident occurred in Middle Township when 21-year-old Ryan Simcox of the township’s…
An apparently drunken out-of-state driver was taken into custody by Hoboken police after an early morning car-pedestrian traffic accident that resulted in the serious injury of a local man, according to news reports. Police said that the accident occurred around 1am on a Thursday morning right in front of Hoboken…
A recent New Jersey appellate court ruling has opened the door to lawsuits from obviously intoxicated customers who purchase liquor prior to being involved in a DWI-related injury accident. The ruling essentially states that liquor establishments, such as beer and wine shops, are not protected under the same New Jersey…
A resident of Oak Ridge, NJ, was recently given three years in jail for a May, 2009, drunk driving accident that left a 71-year-old newspaper delivery man with multiple injuries. As a New Jersey DWI defense attorney, my firm handles drunken driving cases through the Garden State. I know from…
When it comes to car-pedestrian accidents, the person on foot rarely has a chance. Add alcohol consumption into the mix and that’s a potentially deadly combination. The trial of a Jersey City police officer who was arrested for the drunk driving death of a pedestrian has recently come to its…