"Top things to consider in selecting the right serious injury lawyer:
1). Personal: We will have a deeply personal relationship. You need to feel comfortable, seen, heard, and understood. With our firm, you will speak directly to your attorney. We will visit your home, meet your family, and make every effort to learn how your life has changed since the crash. You will not feel rushed or dismissed, but rather cared for, safe, and protected.
2). Professional: This is a specialty. Much like you wouldn’t want your primary care doctor treating your skin cancer, large truck and bus accident cases are unique and so you need an experienced specialty truck lawyer. They are not like car accidents or any other injury case. We have a documented track record in federal and state courts against some of the largest truck and bus companies and their insurers in the United States.
3). Experience: I started out my career working for an insurance company that insured the largest transportation trucking company on Earth. I learned the tricks and tactics the trucking companies will use against you. I know the strategies these large insurance companies will employ to pay you as little as possible. There are over 10,000regulations and laws that apply to the trucking and bus industry that don’t apply to regular everyday car accidents. You don’t learn these laws and regulations overnight. It takes years. We’ve been handling truck and bus accident cases for over 30 years.
4). Research: Here’s an example of one of our cases from federal court in which our case was a featured documentary film on the award winning television series “Insider Exclusive, Justice in America.” https://youtu.be/_-CAfFl0_5Q"
The individuals or groups responsible for causing the accident may depend on the type of bus accident and the cause of the accident. In a personal injury lawsuit, those responsible are named as “defendants” by you, the plaintiff, who is bringing the claim. In bus accidents, the defendants may include one or more of the following:
Bus driver,
Bus driver supervisor,
Tour bus operator,
School bus operator,
Charter bus operator,
Other vehicle drivers,
Bus maintenance company,
City, county, or state agency,
Bus owner,
Bus Manufacturer, or part manufacturer
In some cases, there may be multiple defendants who share responsibility for causing the accident. Even if you are partly at fault you can still recover compensation for your losses.
Each type of bus operation is handeled differently. It's important to select an experienced trial attorney who has tried bus cases in front of a jury. A ctiy bus, tour bus, school bus, and public transportation bus all have different laws and regulations requiring extensive familiarity in the best way to proceed with a claim. We will navigate the system and explain each step to you so that you can make an informed decision about your specific case.
Many bus stop injuries are the result of a bus driver and/or bus company not following the safety rules. Without proper supervision, training and evaluation of the bus drivers and regular bus safety checks, it's only a matter of time before someone gets seriously hurt. We know that these types of injuries are preventable if there is a safety system in place and it is followed. Negligence originates from the lack of adherence to basic safety rules.
Large Truck crashes can involve are any of the following: tractor trailer truck, lumber truck, cement truck, cementmixer, semi truck, big rig, tanker truck, refrigerator truck, 18 Wheeler, multi axle truck, Interstate carriers, commercial motor vehicles, tandem truck,Interstate carriers, box truck, motor carriers, gross weight over 800lbs,hazardous materials, oversize loads, flat bed truck, over the road truck, freight hauler, shippers, interstate trucking. Bus accidents can include: school bus, tour bus, passenger bus, private bus, shuttle bus, mini bus, double decker bus, mini coach, motor coach. Package delivery companies causing injuries can include: postal service, express mail, private couriers, express delivery, next day delivery, parcel pickup.
Large truck and buses log over 300 billion miles per year. To put that in perspective, keep in mind that the planet Pluto is 3 billion miles away. Every year, nearly 5,000 people are killed by large trucks and buses. And that number is up 31% in the last ten years. It's not getting safer. These truck and bus companies have to follow thousands of federal regulations and safety rules. We make it our business to know these safety rules and regulations and to hold these truck and bus companies accountable when they violate these regulations, and seriously hurt people.
While the victims of bus and truck accidents may be in the hospital, or god forbid the morgue after a bus or truck accident the bus or truck company has sent out its Emergency Response Team. An emergency response team is made up of lawyers, accident reconstructionists and investigators. They are sent to the scene of an accident to gather, or sometimes fabricate evidence that will help the defend their actions. We utilize our own team of professionals to bring in the expertise needed to properly prosecute your case. We have access to a nationwide group of experts who can be dispatched to the scene to conduct our own investigation and gather information before it disappears.
These may include: *Accident reconstructionists, engineers, safety experts, actuarials, videographers, photographers, investigators, retired trucking and bus industry executives.
Some of the things we may need to do are: *Analyze the black box, the Electronic Control Module ( ECM), the Electronic Logging Device ( ELD), or the Event Data Recorder (EDR); examine the truck or bus on board computer, inspect the GPS or cell phone records, obtain dash camera video, investigate the driver's driving record in all 50 states, and scrutinize federal records required to be filed by truck and bus companies.
Our goal is to make the world safer. Unfortunately, not everyone prioritizes safety. When they don’t, we hold them accountable. By hitting them where it hurts most, their pocketbooks, they are forced to pay attention to safety. That’s how we affect change.
Every year large trucks and buses kill more than 5,000 people. And that figure is up 31% since 2011. 150,000 people are injured annually by large trucks and buses. There are over 12.5 million commercial semi-trucks and buses on American highways. These large trucks and buses share the same roads we drive on. Many of the tractor trailer trucks weigh as much as 80,000 pounds, which is 28 times more than the average car. There are numerous hidden dangers with a barreling down the highway.
All truck and or bus accidents come down to a root cause. Someone failed to follow the safety rules. The truck and bus industry is highly regulated with safety rules in place to protect us all. Most accidents come down to: Negligent Hiring of an unqualified driver; Negligent Training of a driver; Negligent Supervision of a driver; and/or Negligent Maintenance of a truck and or bus. Distracted driving, extended driving hours, and companies cutting corners motivated by profit are just some of the causes.
Large truck and bus accident cases are unique. There are over 10,000 regulations and laws that apply to the trucking and bus industry that don't apply to everyday car accidents. I've been handling truck and bus accident cases for over 30 years. I started my career working for an insurance company that insured the largest transport trucking company on earth. I know the strategies the large insurance companies will employ to pay you as little as possible. We have a documented winning track record in federal and state courts against some of the largest truck and bus companies and their insurers in the USA. See the award winning television series Insider Exclusive, Justice in America who featured one such case: https://insiderexclusive.com/justice-in-america-joe-forbes-story/
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We help people who have been injured in get justice. Justice most often means compensation for the harms and losses caused be someone else’s negligence, but that’s not all justice can mean.
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