Drunk Driving News for March 11, 2011

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Drunk Driving News for March 11, 2011

Todd Miler who shares office space with me handles OWI cases in central Iowa. His availability to me has allowed me to watch how the law works to handle the criminal defense of these cases. I've been handling the PI side of drunken driving cases now for the better part of 30 years and they can be a challenge. The law is somewhat convoluted and patched together from a public policy trying to deter drinking and driving while trying not to compensate those who are drunk and driving. The estate claims and the dependent claims can proceed but with some restrictions. Of course after reading thousands of wrong-way driving news reports from all over the country the risks of drinking and driving are pretty telling. If I can answer your questions give me a call; otherwise here today are the news items for Iowa about OWI, drinking and driving or drunk driving as it's commonly referred to. Here are some stories for today. Contact information: sdlombardi@aol.com and 515-222-1110.

Today let's go with this one news item from the Omaha World-Herald. If you want to know how summary driver license revocation hearings can be read this story. Play this melancholy music to back you up and to put all of this in the right perspective. The artwork is rally intriguing but the collage is different to say the least. I would compare this to an operatic comic book of sorts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egweJhjt2So

Building on DUI law - Omaha World-Herald
Iowa and New Mexico both allow most first-time drunken drivers to use ... Jim Fell, a longtime administrator with the National Highway Traffic Safety ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egweJhjt2So

Category: Civil damage lawsuits and criminal law deaths, OWI and drunk driving

Labels: Drunk Driving DUI iowa OWI

OWI is a serious problem and when the police arrest you for OWI or OUI the criminal system can be a puzzle. What do you say and to who? Who do you have to talk to? When should you not talk to anyone? Was it only a field sobriety test that the police officer performed? If you're innocent you need to prove it or make it so they can't prove otherwise. Even if you want to plead guilty you should get the same treatment someone in your position receives. OWI-1sts, OWI-2nd's and others are what we handle. No one should have to go through an OWI prosectution alone. Call me and I'll help you find an attorney for less than the $2,500.00 everyone else is charging. Call Steve Lombardi, 515-222-1110 or send me an email or text message to sdlombardi@aol.com. Lombardi Law Firm, 1300 - 37th Street, Suite 6, West Des Moines, Iowa 50266.
Steve Lombardi, Attorney