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Well, we're here in Washington state. There are some states, I think Oregon has a provision where they will allow for punitive damages if the driver is drunk. But in Washington state, we do not have punitive damages for any case that is brought under the state system. You can bring federal claims. The fact that someone is drunk while they're driving does not give rise to any
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statutorily dictated or statutorily permitted exemplary damages. However, okay, there's two things to know about that. One, if you don't file a lawsuit and all that you're dealing with is a claim, generally speaking, insurance carriers will place a certain sort of characterization on that type of claim, which they call enhanced liability. When you have enhanced liability, what the insurance carriers are generally going to do is they're going to
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enhance the damages. You're going to get money out of the carrier a lot easier and you're generally going to get a stepped up valuation. And why is that? Because if you file a lawsuit, it's very difficult for a insurance defense carrier or insurance defense attorney to make other arguments about the case when their client is a drunk driver.
