Drunk Drivers who Cause Car Accidents Can be Civilly Punished in Georgia
Despite the media spotlight shifting to car accidents caused by driving and texting, the number one killer remains drunk driving in Georgia. As drunk driving car accident lawyers, we civilly prosecute drunk drivers who injure and kill innocent victims across the State of Georgia. This traffic camera video of a drunk driver plowing into an unsuspecting victim demonstrates the human consequences to selfish decision making. One victim was killed and another was left with a serious brain injury. The victim's parents want this video spread as far as possible to deter other drivers from making this tragic decision.
Although the criminal justice system is charged with the primary responsibility for punishment, Georgia law also recognizes that there should be a civil punishment for drinking and driving when you cause an injury. O.C.G.A. ยง 51-12-5.1 provides for punitive damages when the person behaves with a reckless indifference to the consequences of their behavior.
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Although our thoughts and prayers are with these unfortunate souls, I cannot abide the perspective of the church member mentioned in the article because to follow that path is to encourage this to happen again to other people. 
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In this case, the driver that killed the little girl only had a $25,000/$50,000.00 policy. That means that the most the policy will pay is $25,000 per person injured or $50,000.00 total per wreck. Here, the mother of the child was standing 2 feet from the little girl as she stepped from the school bus into a blocked off cul de sac. The defendant driver swerved around 2 cars stopped behind the bus, ran onto the curb and past the cars, past the bus and ran the girl down 2 feet from her mother. Her mother was not touched physically by the car but experienced the horror of seeing her daughter sustain a mortal wound. 
