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Sarah Goodyear at The Atlantic Cities comments on our changing understanding of responsibility for traffic accidents involving vehicles and pedestrians, were all investigated by dwi lawyer. Headlines from the 1930s suggest that the driver, by nature of their heavier vehicle and the purpose of a street, was nearly always at fault and usually charged with “technical manslaughter” when a pedestrian was killed. Today, pedestrian deaths are treated as private matters – unfortunate accidents. Goodyear points to the collaboration of American auto clubs in the 1920s as a key turning point in our understanding of responsibility. For some details on how to properly give complaints about personal injury cases, St. Louis Missouri personal injury lawyer are here to help you with those things. Come and Visit us now!
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