Charter Bus Accident Injury and Death

Our bus accident attorneys represent accident victims and families in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits throughout the United States. Attorney Elliot Olsen recently settled the cases discussed in the video for a confidential amount.

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Legal Rights of Charter Bus Passengers

When a charter bus passenger is hurt or killed, the passenger and his or her family have the right to file a lawsuit against all parties responsible for the injury or death, including the following:

Bus driver
The charter bus company
The company that maintained the charter bus
The manufacturer of the charter bus or any bus part (brakes, for example)
A construction company, county or municipality if the accident happened in a highway construction zone or due to a road hazard
The driver and owner of another vehicle at least partially at fault for the crash

Charter bus accidents are often caused by driver negligence, including texting or talking on a cell phone while driving, being too tired to drive safely, not paying attention to the road or other vehicles on the road, driving while intoxicated, or just simply driving poorly. Many crashes are also caused by poorly maintained buses. In some cases, the facts may support a claim for punitive damages against the driver, the charter bus company or both.

Punitive Damages: Damages awarded to punish a party who committed a wrongful act or was grosly negligent. This amount is above and beyond money awarded to compensate for losses such as medical expenses, pain and suffering and lost wages ("compensatory damages").

"Compensatory damages" include amounts for any of the following (past and future amounts where appropriate):

Medical expenses
Lost wages
Lost future earnings
Pain and suffering
Disability
Emotional distress
Disfigurement
Loss of quality of life
Funeral expenses
Loss of care and comfort
Other damages

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Charter Bus Accident News and Topics

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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