Posts tagged Bus Accidents

• Richmond, VA Jury Verdict in GRTC Bus Accident Case: Serious Verdicts Result from Serious Injury

  Mark Bello | November 19, 2009 6:42 PM | 0 CommentsVoices Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Many critics of our civil justice system have complained about lawsuit abuse or jackpot justice. I wonder how many of them would trade places with Meikiu Lo, a 34 year old woman who had the extreme...

• Back To School In Minnesota

  Mike Bryant | September 01, 2009 9:41 AM | 2 CommentsSt. Cloud, MN Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The first week of September, finds kids heading back to school. All the excitement of getting back to see friends and getting back to learning. It's important that safety not be forgotten. Bob...

• What's Up with Des Moines Transit Buses Turning Left and Hitting People?

  Bret Hanna | August 06, 2009 10:38 PM | 0 CommentsSalt Lake City, UT Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  According to a report today on NPR, Des Moines transit buses have hit seven pedestrians in the last two years while making left turns. Seven. That seems like a lot. And the most recent accident...

• Texting Truck Driver Arresting After Hitting School Bus

  Eddie Farah | April 08, 2009 1:35 AM | 2 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  Seven months after a school bus erupted into flames, killing one student aboard, the driver of an 18-wheeler that caused the crash has finally been arrested. 30-year-old Reinaldo Gonzales turned...

• MA Senate Rejects Damages Cap For Serious Personal Injuries

  Carrie Strasser | April 06, 2009 9:59 AM | 1 CommentStoughton / Canton, MA Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  The MA Senate was in the process of voting on a transportation reform bill last week, when Governor Patrick's proposed $100,000.00 cap on personal injury damage awards was weakened to include a...

• 13 Marines, Driver Injured in Bus Crash Just Outside of Newbern, North Carolina (NC)

  Jim Lewis | March 11, 2009 10:58 PM | 0 CommentsGreenville, OBX & Rocky Mount, NC Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  According to a recent report from (CNN) – there was a three vehicle accident involving three buses carrying U.S. Marines which was described at a chain-reaction crash in a rural area of North...

• Bus safety part II | Ohio bus accident lawyers

  Chuck Boyk | February 13, 2009 12:00 PM | 0 CommentsFindlay, OH Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The recent Toledo, Ohio bus accident involving a van and a bus carrying Toledo high school students has brought the issue of bus safety to light in the northwest Ohio area. February's issue of...

• Bus Accidents

  Jon Lewis | October 22, 2008 1:30 PM | 0 CommentsBirmingham, AL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  More than three decades ago, UCLA engineers performed a series of classic school bus crash studies, which determined that the major cause for injury in school bus accidents was the inadequacy of...

• New School Bus Rules Protect Manufacturers

  Eddie Farah | October 18, 2008 2:34 AM | 0 CommentsJacksonville, FL Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  NHTSA, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, issued new rules this week that will improve the nation’s 474,000 school buses. Seat and shoulder belts will be required on small...

• Bus and Passenger Accident Prevention(2)

  Michael Levine | September 24, 2008 6:44 PM | 0 CommentsLong Island, NY Category: Mass Transit (Airline, Cruise Ship, Train, Bus)
  

  One of our recently settled cases for $4,500,000 involved a pedestrian and a bus. At the time of the incident, which occured on February 14, 2006 at around 3 pm, the plaintiff was walking eastbound...