Visibily Intoxicated

Get Justice from a Dram Shop accident and learn how our team of personal injury lawyers will work for your family when you have been injured as a result of a visibly intoxicated person being served alcohol.

Getting justice from a drunk driving accident in Pennsylvania requires aggressive personal injury lawyers serving Pennsylvania who fight for victims of a dui accident and of individuals and establishments that serve alcohol to minors and visibly intoxicated individuals that then get involved in serious and or deadly accidents.   Contact Ciccarelli Law Offices if you or a loved one has suffered from an accident caused by an intoxicated or drunk driver in Pennsylvania.  Contact us 24/7 at (877) 529-2422.

Everyone knows how alcohol is part of the football season….and the baseball season and the soccer season and….Getting drunk is a business and the more alcohol a bar or brewery sells the more money they make.  But who is to protect unsuspecting drivers and their passengers from a bar patron who has had too much to drink?   Unfortunately, bar and restaurant’s are given the responsibility of managing how much someone is allowed to drink even though their profit margin is based on how much alcohol they sell.

An injured victim of a drunk driver needs justice.  And justice should not end after the drunk driver has been criminal prosecuted but extend to making a personal injury claim against everyone responsible for the drunk driving accident.   That does not mean that a dram shop is easy to maintain or that an inexperienced attorney should be handling your drunk driving and dram shop case.

Our Personal Injury Team is experienced in suing under the dram shop act by showing:

  • The  bar or restaurant served alcohol to someone who was visibly intoxicated
  • The server or business’ manager knew that the intoxicated person was potentially going to drive away after consuming the alcohol
  • The vendor knew or should have known that the person was intoxicated

The Pennsylvania Liquor Code, Section 4.493(1) provides the basis for imposing civil liability for negligent service of alcohol by retail establishments. The statute states that it is unlawful for any business to “to sell, furnish or give any liquor or malted or brewed beverages, or to permit any liquor or malted or brewed beverages to be sold, furnished or given to any person visibly intoxicated, or to any insane person, or to any minor, or to habitual drunkards, or persons of unknown untempered habits.”

We fight for you to show that the defendant was visibly intoxicated when he was served alcohol leading up to his drunk driving accident.  Pennsylvania’s Dram Shop Act requires that the defendant driver be visibly intoxicated when he is served alcohol and our team focuses both on his blood alcohol content as well as evidence of his appearance at or near the time he was served to establish visible intoxication.

As personal injury lawyers, we retain the services of toxicology experts to obtain opinions using blood alcohol results to show what a patron’s blood alcohol level would have been at the time the person was last served alcohol. However, blood alcohol evidence alone will not suffice. Eyewitness accounts at the bar or establishment may be invaluable to prove such cases because the Dram Shop Act in Pennsylvania stresses “visible intoxication” or what can be seen.

Our promise:  You need a personal injury lawyer who understands the seriousness of your Pennsylvania automobile accident injury case and will give it to you straight. You do not expect guarantees but you need a lawyer serving Pennsylvania that you can trust to fight for you and your family to the fullest extent of the law. Our legal team promises to work for you; be thorough and aggressive in setting out the best strategies for you and your loved ones.

At Ciccarelli Lawyers, our team of personal injury lawyers are working on your Pennsylvania case so that you have the benefit of several attorneys including Lee and using their combined efforts and experience to get you the justice you and your family need.  Get Justice.

We accept Pennsylvania accident cases on a contingency fee basis; which means that we do not require an advance fee, retainer or hourly rate but base our fee on a percentage of the monetary settlement we earn for you.   Call Us 24/7 toll free at (877) 529-2422.  Learn how we will work toward the result you need.

Get the benefit of hiring Pennsylvania Personal Injury Lawyers to handle your Dram Shop case.  We serve all of Pennsylvania including: Allentown, Altoona, Bedford, Bethlehem, Bloomsburg, Butler, Carlisle, Chambersburg, Coudersport, Danville, Downingtown, Doylestown, Dubois, Easton, Gettysburg, Harrisburg, Hazleton, Hershey, Johnstown, Lancaster, Lebanon, Lehighton, Lewisburg, Lewistown, Lock Haven, Meadville, Media, Middleburg, Norristown, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Pottstown, Pottsville, Reading, Scranton, Shippensburg, Somerset, State College, Sunbury, Towanda, Wellsboro, West Chester, Wilkes-Barre, Williamsport and York.

When you have been injured because of a visibly intoxicated driver in Pennsylvania, you need justice; and you need a top personal injury lawyer serving Pennsylvania with years of experience winning the tough cases:  contact Lee Ciccarelli and our Pennsylvania Personal Injury team today.  Call 24/7 at (877) 529-2422.