Nashville Automobile Accident Attorney Discusses The Dram Shop Law In Tennessee
As an experienced Nashville automobile accident lawyer, my first thought when I read about a Tennessee automobile accident involving a driver going the wrong way on divided highway, is that the driver was under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Now I didn’t know Michael Doe Folden of Johnson City and there is little information other than the fact that he was driving the wrong way on a divided expressway around 9:30 PM near the entrance of he Elizabethton County Club when he rammed into a car driven by Wendy Watson, her husband and her 14-year-old daughter, but I feel there’s a good chance he was DUI.
Mr. Folden died at the scene and the condition of the Watson’s is unknown at the time of this writing. As an experienced Tennessee automobile accident attorney the main thing that I would focus on would be Mr. Folden’s activities in the hours preceding the collision. An important question is whether he was drinking and where. Was he a member or guest at the Country Club? My prayers go out to the family and friends of Mr. Folden and I pray for a complete and speedy recovery for the Watson’s.
Hopefully for the Watson’s, Mr. Folden had insurance, but I would take a good look at any establishment that had served him alcohol. Dramshop refers to a bar, tavern or the like where alcoholic beverages are sold. Traditionally, it referred to a shop where spirits were sold by the dram, a small unit of liquid. Dramshop laws establish liability arising out of the irresponsible sale of alcohol to obviously intoxicated persons or minors who subsequently cause death or injury to third-parties as a result of alcohol-related accidents.
If you or a loved one is injured in a Tennessee car crash caused by a drunk driver you owe it to yourself to contact the experienced Nashville automobile accident attorneys at Phillip Miller & Associates and find out about your rights.
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