| First, let us acquaint ourselves with some alarming | | | | Binge drinkers were 13 times more likely to |
| statistics: 250,000 people have died in | | | | report driving while they were alcohol-impaired, |
| alcohol-related accidents in the past 10 years; | | | | and most of them admitted they often had far |
| 25,000 people die each year in alcohol related | | | | more than five drinks per binge.If you receive |
| accidents; 500 people are killed weekly and 71 | | | | injuries in a drunk-driving accident, you may be |
| people daily in alcohol-related accidents; one | | | | entitled to compensation from the drunk driver or |
| American life is lost every 20 minutes in an | | | | his insurer. Under certain circumstances, even |
| alcohol-related car crash; and one out of every | | | | injured pedestrians and their close family |
| two Americans is likely to be involved in an | | | | members are entitled to receive compensation. |
| alcohol-related accident in his lifetime. Every year, | | | | Such compensation usually includes payment for |
| 708,000 persons are injured, 74,000 of them | | | | medical treatment, past and future lost income, |
| seriously, in alcohol-related crashes. About 2,000 | | | | and emotional distress damages.In some limited |
| people receive injuries each day in alcohol-related | | | | instances, the injured person is entitled to get |
| accidents.A recent study reveals that | | | | recovery from the provider of alcohol to the |
| alcohol-impaired drivers cost American taxpayers | | | | driver, usually a bar or restaurant. Such cases |
| $21 - $24 billion dollars per year. According to a | | | | against third parties are, however, more |
| recent National Geographic report, alcohol abuse | | | | complicated and difficult to prove. Punitive |
| costs American society $136 billion and 65,000 | | | | damages are meant to punish malicious or |
| lives annually.The rise in the number of accidents | | | | reckless drivers, and to deter such conduct in the |
| often goes hand-in-hand with binge drinking, | | | | future. |
| meaning having at least five drinks at a time. | | | | |