Category: Drunk Driving
Driver faces sentencing for accident he didn’t realize had happened
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Drunk Driving on Wednesday, October 3, 2012. A Winter Haven man faces the possibility of jail for leaving the scene of an accident he insists he did not realize had occurred. The 21 year-old pleaded no contest to charges of leaving the scene…
Government says fewer teens driving drunk
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Drunk Driving on Wednesday, October 17, 2012. Here is a sobering thought; The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says at least one million teenagers drove drunk in 2001, many of them more than once. Safety experts say teens are three times more…
Judge rebuked for DUI manslaughter sentence
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Drunk Driving on Thursday, November 1, 2012. The Florida First District Court of Appeals has come down hard on a County Circuit Court judge for imposing what it called an "illegal" sentence on a man convicted of DUI manslaughter. Judge John Brown sentenced…
Impaired driver may have caused jet fuel tanker wreck and fire
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Drunk Driving on Monday, November 5, 2012. Police in Federal Way, Washington say drugs or alcohol were likely to blame for a fatal three-vehicle pileup there over the weekend involving a double-tanker truck full of jet fuel. At least 8,000 gallons spilled and…
Drinker versus drunk collision blamed on wheelie-popping biker
On behalf of Terence Gross of Gross & Schuster, P.A. posted in Drunk Driving on Thursday, December 6, 2012. Both drivers were under the influence. One was drunk and the second was reckless. Because of that, a court has overturned the drunk diver's prison sentence for DUI manslaughter for a very unusual reason. This is…