Philadelphia Injury Attorney Blog

Yet another tragic story came across the wires reporting that a Pennsylvania woman was accused of drunk driving. The 25 year old woman was charged with vehicular homicide while driving under the influence along with related crimes of death. According to news sources on September 1, 2007, 25 year old, Heather Renee Werner, of Hyndman, Pa. was speeding when she lost control of her vehicle and struck an embankment before rolling over repeatedly. Susan Fleegle, a 48 year old passenger in the car was ejected from the car and died. Steven Huffman, another passenger in the car sustained severe injuries from the accident. Police records indicate that Ms. Werner’s blood alcohol level was 0.115% above the legal limit of 0.08%. We at Reiff and Bily offer our heartfelt condolences to the family of Susan Fleegle for their loss and extend our best wishes for a speedy recovery to Mr. Huffman. (news article)

Indeed, Heather Werner should be held criminally and civilly responsible for this devastating accident that resulted in death to one passenger and inflicted injuries to the other. Driving with a blood alcohol level 0.115% above the legal limit is indicative of the fact that Ms. Werner has little respect for the law, traffic rules and most importantly herself and the safety of her passengers. The families of Susan Fleegle and Steven Hoffman deserve to be rightfully compensated for their tremendous loss. They would be well advised to contact a reputed Pennsylvania personal injury accident attorney who would file a wrongful death claim on their behalf and fight for their rights. If the driver of the vehicle is uninsured and does not have sufficient insurance, it would be appropriate to look at the underinsured or uninsured policies maintain by Susan Fleegle or her family, as well as the uninsured or underinsured insurance policies maintained by passenger, Steven Huffman.