WEBVTT

1
00:00:01.125 --> 00:00:01.833
Reckless driving

2
00:00:01.833 --> 00:00:03.125
accidents not only

3
00:00:03.125 --> 00:00:04.708
cause big injuries

4
00:00:04.708 --> 00:00:05.541
because of high

5
00:00:05.541 --> 00:00:06.791
speed, they also

6
00:00:06.791 --> 00:00:08.083
have different legal

7
00:00:08.083 --> 00:00:08.958
implications.

8
00:00:09.583 --> 00:00:11.208
The first one is that

9
00:00:11.208 --> 00:00:12.500
punitive damages may

10
00:00:12.500 --> 00:00:12.916
be awarded

11
00:00:12.916 --> 00:00:13.666
by the jury.

12
00:00:14.166 --> 00:00:15.875
Punitive damages are

13
00:00:15.875 --> 00:00:17.333
awarded to punish the

14
00:00:17.333 --> 00:00:18.541
person who acted wrong

15
00:00:18.541 --> 00:00:20.333
and deter others from

16
00:00:20.416 --> 00:00:21.666
acting like them.

17
00:00:22.041 --> 00:00:22.500
And that's a

18
00:00:22.500 --> 00:00:23.041
good thing.

19
00:00:23.875 --> 00:00:25.375
Secondly, if you were

20
00:00:25.375 --> 00:00:26.416
maybe a little bit at

21
00:00:26.416 --> 00:00:27.958
fault or not paying as

22
00:00:27.958 --> 00:00:28.875
much attention as you

23
00:00:28.916 --> 00:00:30.750
should and you get hit

24
00:00:30.750 --> 00:00:32.000
by someone who was

25
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:33.166
acting recklessly,

26
00:00:33.583 --> 00:00:34.291
you're not at fault at

27
00:00:34.500 --> 00:00:34.583
all.

28
00:00:35.083 --> 00:00:36.000
Their recklessness

29
00:00:36.000 --> 00:00:37.083
overcomes any

30
00:00:37.083 --> 00:00:38.208
negligence on your

31
00:00:38.208 --> 00:00:39.333
part because they were

32
00:00:39.333 --> 00:00:40.000
acting with

33
00:00:40.000 --> 00:00:40.583
reckless or

34
00:00:40.583 --> 00:00:41.208
wanton abandon.

35
00:00:41.833 --> 00:00:43.000
So these cases can be

36
00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:43.875
really good and

37
00:00:43.875 --> 00:00:44.791
sometimes it takes

38
00:00:44.791 --> 00:00:46.000
more than just one

39
00:00:46.000 --> 00:00:47.291
factor to be reckless.

40
00:00:47.708 --> 00:00:48.416
If you're turning

41
00:00:48.416 --> 00:00:50.000
across traffic and

42
00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.416
you've had a beer and

43
00:00:52.416 --> 00:00:53.750
you don't have your

44
00:00:53.750 --> 00:00:54.000
headlights

45
00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:54.833
on and you should,

46
00:00:55.291 --> 00:00:56.291
those three things

47
00:00:56.291 --> 00:00:57.333
individually may not

48
00:00:57.333 --> 00:00:58.208
be reckless driving

49
00:00:58.208 --> 00:00:58.833
but taken together

50
00:00:59.333 --> 00:00:59.875
they are.

51
00:01:00.125 --> 00:01:01.083
And you can win those

52
00:01:01.083 --> 00:01:02.208
cases like that.

53
00:01:02.208 --> 00:01:03.333
So they're good cases

54
00:01:03.333 --> 00:01:04.250
and we know how to

55
00:01:04.250 --> 00:01:04.750
make them work.

56
00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:05.791
So give us a call.