Automobile Accidents

Have you been involved in a motor vehicle accident? National Highway Traffic Safety Administration statistics show that an automobile or motorcycle accident occurs every three seconds in the United States. Someone dies from an accident every thirteen minutes. Every year, motor vehicle accidents injure over three millions people, and cause over $150 billion in damage. If you have been involved in a motor vehicle accident, you may be entitled to money from the owner of the other vehicle, the driver, or even the people who own the property where the accident occurred.

If you are involved in a motor vehicle accident, you should:

1. If possible, you should write down the drivers' information and license plate numbers of the vehicles involved in the accident.
   
2. Try to get the name, phone number and address of any people who witnessed the accident.
   
3. If you experience any pain, you should go to the hospital emergency room for treatment.
   
4. Contact your insurance company and inform them of the accident. Be as brief as possible. Inform them that your attorney will contact them with respect to the matter.
   
5. If possible, get pictures of the vehicles involved, as well as pictures of any visible injuries to yourself or your passengers.
   
6. Take your vehicle for a repair estimate
7. If someone else's careless driving causes an accident, they may be held liable, and you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries.

Call Dressler and Associates at (860) 247-1122. We will help with obtaining pictures of your vehicle and injuries, and coordinate efforts for the repair of your vehicle as well explain your rights to a rental vehicle while your automobile is being repaired. We will deal with your insurance company as well as the insurer of the other involved vehicles and explain your rights with respect to the injuries sustained in the motor vehicle accident.

Did you know, that according to Chapter 14, section 295 of the Connecticut State Statues, "In any civil action to recover damages resulting from personal injury, wrongful death, or damage to property, the trier of fact may award double or treble damages if the injured party has specifically pleaded that another party has deliberately or with reckless disregard operated a motor vehicle in violation of section 14-218a (traveling unreasonably fast), 14-219 (speeding), 14-222(Reckless driving), 14-227a (Operation while under the influence of liquor or drug or while impaired by liquor), 14-230 (Driving in the right hand lane), 14-234 (Determination of no-passing zone), 14-237 (Driving on divided highways),14-239 (One way streets. Rotaries), or 14-240a (Vehicles to be driven reasonable distance apart. Intent to harass or intimidate.), and that such violation was a substantial factor in causing such injury, death or damage to property.

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