Bus accidents can and often do result in serious injury or death, shattering the lives of victims. If you or a loved one has suffered a serious injury or death as the result of a bus accident, then we invite you to read the rest of this website and contact us. You will need a strong and caring attorney on your side. We are the LAWYERS ON YOUR SIDE. Our litigation attorneys have represented clients on both sides, and thus, we have acquired a very unique experience in prosecuting and defending bus accident cases. If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence, call us. When we do accept a case, we give it the attention it deserves.
Bus Accident Lawyer
As the cost of energy goes up, more and more of us are using mass transit and public transportation. Thus, with the growing number of us using buses, the number of accidents, injuries, and deaths has increased. Moreover, countless school children ride school buses on a daily basis throughout the United States, and most of school buses do not have restraint system or seatbelts.
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WHY DO BUS ACCIDENTS HAPPEN?
Speeding
Driver’s negligence
Inadequate training
Dangerous roadways
Unlicensed driver
Disobeying safety procedure
Fatigue
Repair & maintenance failure
Brake over-heating
Failure to yield
DUI / DWI
Tire failure
Defective buses
Lack of attention
Improper maintenance
Negligent hiring of bus drivers
Negligent entrustment
Common Carrier Duty
Common carrier owes the “utmost duty of care” to individuals. A common carrier has been defined as an individual, a company, or a public utility (like municipal buses) which is in the regular business of transporting people and/or freight. Typically, the courts imposed three distinctive obligations upon common carriers:
They had a duty to serve all who applied for their services
Unreasonableness in their rates of charge and operations was prohibited
They were held to liability standards far stricter than those applied in general business law
Factor number three becomes very important when there is a bus accident; specially, the cause of accident is attributed to one of the factors stated above.
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Lack of Adequate Safety Measures
Buses companies are behind the curve and have failed to keep up with safety measures and technology. Simply put, compared with safety measures currently used in planes, cars, and even passenger trains, bus passengers are the worst off all.
Seatbelts are mandatory if you are driving your car, but on buses that are driven on the same road as your car, it is not. Critics and powerful lobbyist in the charter bus industry argue that mandatory seat belt use would be too expensive and would add too much weight to a bus. Thus, bus companies rather place the passengers’ safety behind the corporate bottom-line.
The structural integrity of a bus roof is also a major safety concern. The survivability of passengers involved in a bus crash often times depends upon the strength of the roof. Current strength in bus pillars between the windows is minimal due to the desire of the bus company to use large windows for passenger viewing. Currently the National Transportation and Safety Board (NTSB) views bus roof strength as a top priority for future legislation.
Lack of oversight and enforcement is another problem. Bus companies are not too concerned with safety, training, and maintenance on a regular basis, and authorizes do not get involved until there is a major catastrophic crash.
Many of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations (FMCSR) relate to driver qualification and licensing. Drivers must undergo a vigorous medical examination every 6 months in order to maintain their licensure. Because bus drivers are not paid much money, there is a shortage of driver, so in order for the bus companies to keep make sure their bottom-line is not effected, bus companies place untrained individual behind the wheels, at the ultimate expense of passenger safety.
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WHAT WE can do for you?
We specialize in representing victims in very serious personal injury and wrongful death cases, including bus accident cases. Our litigation attorneys have represented clients on both sides, and thus, we have acquired a very unique experience in prosecuting and defending bus accident cases. If you have been injured as a result of someone else’s negligence, call us. When we do accept a case, we give it the attention it deserves.
We are currently accepting cases involving bus accidents. Bus accidents can and often do result in serious injury or death, shattering the lives of victims. If you or a loved one has suffered a serious injury or death as the result of a bus accident, then we invite you to read the rest of this website and contact us. You will need a strong and caring attorney on your side. We are the LAWYERS ON YOUR SIDE.
