Bus Accident Attorneys

Our bus accident attorneys represent clients nationwide in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits against bus drivers, bus companies, bus maintenance companies, and manufacturers of buses and bus parts.

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Who can be sued for a bus crash injury or death?

To determine who can be sued (and it is often more than one party), your bus crash attorney will need to consider the specific facts of your case. Possible parties you may be able to sue include the following:

Bus driver: Our attorneys look at whether the bus driver was tired, distracted, poorly trained or on drugs. We also obtain information regarding the driver's past accidents and traffic violations.
The owner of the bus: This could be an individual, a tour or charter bus company, a school district, a metro transit bus company, a church or another organization.
The company that maintained the bus: This could be the owner of the bus or another company, including a company that specializes in bus maintenance.
The manufacturer of the bus or any bus part: If your bus accident involved a bus with a defective part, you many have claims against the company that maintained the bus (see above), the manufacturer of the bus and/or the manufacturer of the specific defective part (brakes, for example). These cases usually involve product liability claims.
A construction company, county or municipality: Depending on the facts, a highway construction and maintenance company, county or municipality may be liable for accidents that happen in a construction zone or due to a road hazard. These cases can involve complex laws of liability.
The driver and owner of another vehicle: If another vehicle was also at fault for your accident, you will have claims against the driver, the owner of that vehicle (auto, semi trailer, another bus). In cases involving semi trucks, the semi driver, trucking company and owner of the freight are some of the parties that may be sued.

How much money will I get for my bus accident settlement?

Not all bus accident cases are settled, but most are, sometimes right before trial. The amount of any accident settlement is determined by a number of factors, including the following:

Whether you were a passanger of the bus, a pedestrian or the driver of another vehicle (car, motorcycle, van, semi truck, bicycle).
How much insurance the bus company (owner of the bus) has for bodily injury and wrongful death claims.
How many parties can be sued (see above) and how much insurance each has.
How seriously you were injured.
Facts about you and your life, including how old you are, what employment you have, your hobbies, your family, etc.

Spefically, In a bus accident lawsuit, you may sue for medical expenses, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, pain and suffering, disability, disfigurement and emotional distress. In the case of a wrongful death claim, you may sue for funeral expenses, loss of care and companionship and other damages.

Attorney Fred H. Pritzker is a nationally recognized lawyer with over thirty years of experience representing individuals and families in personal injury and wrongful death claims. On behalf of his clients, he has obtained numerous million and multi-million-dollar settlements and verdicts.

Mr. Pritzker is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum. He has also achieved status as a Certified Civil Advocate from the National Board of Trial Advocacy. Mr. Pritzker is listed in the current edition of The Best Lawyers in America

Pritzker Olsen attorneys have appeared on the CBS News, Fox's "Geraldo Live" and local news programs. The have also been interviewed by The Associated Press, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and others.

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Bus Accident Attorneys News and Topics

Bedore Tour Bus Accident Lawsuit
Two people were killed and 35 injured, four critically, when a tire blew out on a tour bus owned by Bedore Tours bus company, located in New York. The bus was heading northbound on I-390, about 55 miles southeast of Rochester, NY, when the accident happened. The bus was going to Niagara Falls.

UCSF Shuttle Bus Accident
Investigators are analyzing wreckage and eye witness accounts to determine who was at fault in an accident between a semi truck and a UCSF shuttle bus in San Francisco. At least one witness said the accident was caused by the shuttle running a red light.

Tour Bus Rear Ended by 18-Wheeler, I-70 Utah
Grand County, Utah: Two people were flown to a hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado following a tour bus semi accident near the Colorado border. A semi truck rear ended a tour bus that was transporting a Mexican band and crew. In all, thirteen bus passengers sustained injury.

Bus Passenger Wrongful Death and Personal Injury
Our attorneys are currently representing several families whose loved ones were injured in a bus accident. The accident involved a group of high school students who were returning to Minnesota from a band trip to Chicago. The bus driver became very fatigued and fell asleep. The bus left the roadway and flipped onto its side, injuring several people and killing one.

New York Chinatown Bus Accident: 15 people were killed in a crash involving a motor coach owned by World Wide Travel of Greater New York and driven by Ophadell Williams, a convicted felon. The bus was traveling from Mohegan Sun casino in Uncasville, Connecticut to New York's Chinatown when it flipped on its side and had its roof shorn off. The bus driver initially told the police that a passing semi tractor-trailer had clipped the World Wide Tours bus he was driving, causing him to lose control. But after interviewing the driver of the semi truck, the police are treating him as a witness, not a suspect, in their criminal investigation. Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/03/12/us-crash-bus-idUSTRE72B2EK20110312.

New Jersey Turnpike Bus Accident: A bus crashed March 14 on the New Jersey Turnpike, killing the driver and another person and injuring 41 others. The bus, owned by Super Luxury Tours Inc., of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., slammed into a guard rail and a concrete abutment while traveling south on the turnpike in East Brunswick. The bus had left from Manhattan’s Chinatown bound for Philadelphia. Troy Nguyen, 20, of Royersford, Pa., a passenger, died of head injuries at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in New Brunswick, N.J. Super Luxury Tours often rents out its buses to marketing companies that run the so-called Chinatown bus services. Read more: http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/03/15/another-chinatown-bus-in-fatal-crash/?mod=google_news_blog

Wisconsin Tour Bus vs. Semi Accident: One woman is dead and four people are injured after a tour bus and an 18-Wheeler crashed in Herman, WI (Dodge County) Saturday night. The accident involved a semi truck and tour bus. The bus flipped twice after the semi driver failed to yield to the bus at the intersection of Highway 33 and Highway P. Two people were in the truck, the driver, Kellie Bridges, and a female passenger, Shomari Jackson. They were both airlifted to the hospital. Janet Wickert of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a passenger on the bus, died in the crash. another passenger, Patricia Kidd of Milwaukee, was taken to Froedtert Hospital in Wauwatosa. The bus driver, John Olshanski of Milwaukee, was transported to St Josephs Hospital in West Bend. Read more: http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/117892749.html (March 12).

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Bus Accident News and Topics

Drunk Driver Accident Results in Amputation

Attorney Fred Pritzker won $6,000,000 for a passenger whose right leg was seriously injured in an accident caused by a drunk driver. Her leg was amputated. If your case involves a drunk driver, you may have a dram shop claim against a bar or restaurant.

Accident Wrongful Death

Our law firm recently won $2,850,000 for a family whose loved one was killed instantly in an accident. The families of passengers killed in a bus accident have a wrongful death claim. A parent, child, grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece or nephew can file the claim, but all of the next of kin share the money won in a settlement or verdict.

Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)

Attorneys Fred Pritzker and Elliot Olsen obtained a $2,750,000 recovery for a 59 year-old man who suffered a traumatic brain injury (TBI), the loss of his left eye and significant disfigurement in an accident.

Semi Truck Collision

Pritzker Olsen attorneys Fred Pritzker and Eric Hageman recently obtained a hard-fought $2,560,000 recovery for a couple who were seriously injured in a semi-truck crash. The husband suffered serious head injury (TBI).

Tour Bus Rear Ended by Semi, I-70 Grand County, Utah

Two people were airlifted to a hospital in Grand Junction, Colorado after the tour bus they were in was rear ended by a semi truck on I-70 in Utah, near the Colorado border. The tour bus was transporting a Mexican band and crew. Eleven other bus passengers sustained injury.

Fatal Chinatown Bus Wrongful Death Accidents

15 people were killed in a Bronx, New York, crash involving a motor coach owned by World Wide Travel of Greater New York. Two people died in a bus crash on the New Jersey Turnpike. The bus was owned by Super Luxury Tours Inc., of Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Both buses had left from New York's Chinatown.

Mora Minnesota Child Hit Getting on School Bus

A Mora, MN 6-year-old child was hit while crossing the street to get on a school bus on Wednesday. The child was airlifted to a metro hospital with serious injuries.

18-Wheeler Hit School Bus Head-On in Gaston, Oregon

A southbound school bus had stopped to pick-up children Tuesday morning when a northbound semi truck crashed into the front of the school bus. About 20 high school students and elementary students were on the bus. Nearly half of the students were injured and transported to a local hospital.

The accident happened 4 miles south of Gaston on Highway 47 (Tualatin Valley Highway), near Wapato School Road. The school bus had stopped and had its warning lights flashing, according to the Oregon State Patrol.

18-Wheeler vs. Tour Bus Crash

One woman is dead and four people are injured after a tour bus and an 18-Wheeler crashed in Herman, WI (Dodge County) Saturday night. The accident involved a semi truck and tour bus. Read more: http://www.620wtmj.com/news/local/117892749.html (March 12).

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