Stillwater, Minnesota and Hudson, Wisconsin Attorneys for Drunk-Driving Accidents
Holding Drunk Drivers and Negligent Alcohol Servers Accountable for Over 60 Years
In an instant, a drunk driver caused your entire world to spiral out of control. At Eckberg, Lammers, Briggs, Wolff & Vierling P.L.L.P., we are aggressive personal injury lawyers prepared to hold the drunk driver — and any bar or restaurant who negligently served that driver — accountable for the irreversible harm to your family.
For more than 60 years, the Eckberg Lammers has been protecting accident victims in the greater Twin Cities, the St. Croix Valley and Western Wisconsin, including in Washington County and communities such as Woodbury, White Bear Lake and Forest Lake. We are committed to helping our clients obtain full compensation for their injuries and losses through personal injury, wrongful death, and dram shop liability cases.
Put our experience to work for you and contact us today to schedule a no-hassle consultation.
Protecting Accident Victims Through Injury and Dram Shop Liability Claims
Our trial attorneys have extensive experience in personal injury cases, including those involving dram shop liability, the legal doctrine holding alcohol servers responsible when their negligence contributes to drunk-driving accidents.
Bars, bartenders, restaurants, waiters, liquor stores, retail alcohol sellers and social hosts do have legal responsibilities when they sell or serve alcohol. Not only are they required to check IDs, they are legally required to refuse to sell or serve alcohol to patrons who are obviously intoxicated. Alcohol servers may also have some responsibility to prevent obviously drunk people from driving.
Under dram shop liability, an alcohol server or seller can be considered negligent — and potentially responsible for injuries caused by drunk patrons — when they don't live up to these legal responsibilities.
Both as personal injury lawyers and criminal defense attorneys, we have handled hundreds of cases involving DUIs and DWIs. We believe that preventing these tragedies depends on holding people accountable for their actions — both the drunk drivers and negligent servers of alcohol. The dram shop liability doctrine can be a powerful tool in doing so.
Seeking Maximum Compensation for Your Losses
Our goal is to help you obtain just compensation for everything the drunk-driving accident cost you: doctor and hospital expenses, the cost of your future medical needs, wages you have lost, property damage, pain, suffering and other losses. We also handle wrongful death cases for families who have lost loved ones in drunk-driving accidents.
Our lawyers meticulously review all available evidence to determine the cause of the accident and who is responsible. As in any car accident case, we often work closely with accident scene reconstructionists, toxicologists and other experts. Particularly in cases where dram shop liability may be an issue, we meet with witnesses, review police reports, and examine any other evidence that the driver was visibly drunk when he or she was served alcohol.
Contact Our Personal Injury Lawyers Today
At Eckberg Lammers, we are prepared to hold drunk drivers and negligent alcohol servers accountable for the harm they cause. Contact us by e-mail or call us at (651) 967-7344 to discuss how we can help you.
