A question came across the desk of Herndon car accident attorney Doug Landau regarding a crash that was cased by a police officer, driving a police car, in the state of Maryland. The specific question was whether damages can be recovered when a police officer causes a crash. And a related question, is there insurance…
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In a prior post on this site, we discussed some encouraging legislation passed by the 2013 Virginia General Assembly in terms of motorist safety — making emailing and texting while driving a primary offense and increasing the penalty for repeat offenders of drunk driving. But the July issues of the Potomac Pedalers newsletter points…
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July 1 marked the first day many new or changed laws went into effect in the Commonwealth of Virginia. More than 4000 bills were introduced for consideration in the 2013 session of the Virginia General Assembly, with more than 800 of them becoming law. Click here for a full summary of the 2013 Legislative session.…
Continue readingIn the debate over lowering the blood alcohol level allowed for driving illegally (see prior post), there has been little mention of another powerful tool to reduce death and mayhem on Virginia’s highways and local roads – a Dram Shop Act. Other states’ Dram Shop laws hold businesses who serve alcohol liable for injuries caused by…
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The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) recently recommended that states lower the blood-alcohol content (BAC) that constitutes drunk driving from .08 to .05. The BAC measures the percentage of alcohol, by volume, in the blood. Currently, all 50 states use .08 as the legal limit, above which a driver is subject to arrest and prosecution.…
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