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Drunk-driving cases are civil as well as criminal. Texas law allows exemplary damages on top of compensatory damages and, under the dram-shop statute, allows claims against bars and hosts who over-served.
Quick answer: Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code §41.003 authorizes exemplary damages where the at-fault party's gross negligence (including drunk driving) caused your injury. Texas Alcoholic Beverage Code §2.02 — the dram-shop statute — creates liability for licensed establishments that served a visibly intoxicated patron who then caused injury.
We track the criminal DWI case — convictions and pleas become powerful civil evidence.
Receipts, surveillance, server interviews — we reconstruct the last bar visit to establish over-service.
Some drunk drivers carry minimum insurance. We identify all sources: employer vehicles, homeowner umbrella policies, and dram-shop defendants.
Texas insurance minimums are low, but there are often other sources — dram-shop defendants, employer liability if the driver was on the clock, and the bar's general-liability policy.
Usually no. Civil cases proceed independently. A criminal conviction can strengthen civil liability, but civil burden of proof is lower.
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