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Like other states, Michigan is forced to confront the public safety and health issues caused by hundreds (if not thousands) of accidents each year that are caused by drivers who are later convicted on a charge of DUI/DWI. One of the methods adopted by the state legislature to deal with the tremendous financial burdens caused by these accidents is to allow, under certain conditions, the filing of lawsuits against the businesses that sell alcoholic beverages to customers that are obviously…

It should not come as a surprise to learn that Pennsylvania, like other states, appears to be losing its battle to rid our streets and highways of “impaired” drivers and the tremendous costs associated with injuries and deaths that are due to drivers who are convicted on charges of DUI/DWI. Although it is not widely known outside the law enforcement and legal professions, one tactic that is meeting with some success in reducing the costs associated with such accidents is…

In 1987, the Texas Court of Appeals ruled that a bar, lounge, tavern or similar business where alcohol is sold has a legal duty not to sell alcoholic beverages to a patron who is showing “… obvious signs of intoxication …” (Poole v. El Chico Corp). Within days of that ruling, the state legislature passed what has become known as the “Texas Dram Shop Act” (after the English term for an establishment that sold alcohol “by the dram,” where 1…

The family of Apple engineer Walter Huang claims that “…Tesla Model X was defective in its design…”. The engineer was killed in a car accident that is said to be the cause of an autopilot malfunction. Read more about the legal implications from the car accident lawyers at The Doan Law Firm.

As we have stated in other posts, we are concerned that “self-driving” (also known as “autonomous vehicle”) technology is not as sophisticated or as safe as some manufacturers would have you believe. Specifically, we believe that problems with object detection and object recognition are the “Achilles Heel” of autonomous vehicle technology. In today’s post, the automobile accident injury lawyer at The Doan Law Firm will review a recent, but largely unknown, study suggesting that “autonomous” or “self-driving” vehicle technology still…