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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.

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.

Pedestrian Hit by Transit Bus Turning Left
Our bus accident attorneys are investigating a potential design defect in certain transit buses. According to our sources, a large driver's-side mirror obstructs the bus driver’s view when turning left. Several accidents involving pedestrians may have occurred. Contact us if you have any information or were involved in an accident.

Tour and Charter Bus Accident Attorneys
Tour 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.

Strain Tours Lawsuit
According to the Minnesota State Patrol, a tour bus rolled over on I-90 near Austin, Minnesota. The tour bus was headed eastbound on I-90 when it crossed into the westbound lanes and rolled over. The bus rollover accident killed two and seriously injured several others.

Wisconsin Tour Bus Accident
On August 4, 2009, a tour bus carrying 20 Special Olympics athletes crashed into a guardrail and tipped over. One of the passengers had to be flown by medical helicopter to a hospital in Neenah because of concern over internal injuries. The other passengers were also injured.

Minnesota Charter Bus Accident
A tour bus carrying Pelican Rapids High School band students crashed, killing Jessica Weishair, a sophomore at Pelican Rapids High School, and injuring several others, who were transported to area hospitals. According to news reports, one adult and three students remained hospitalized Sunday night.

Bus Accident Attorneys Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth and Rochester
One of the cases we are working on involves a pedestrian that was struck by a bus while he was in the crosswalk. We investigated the case, and one of the things we learned was that the bus driver, at the time he struck the pedestrian in the crosswalk, was distracted by talking to a passenger.

Pritzker Olsen law firm has a national reputation and lawyers at the firm have been interviewed by The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Lawyers USA and other publications. Attorneys Fred Pritzker, Elliot Olsen and Eric Hageman have been named "Super Lawyers" by Law & Politics magazine. To contact us, please call toll free at 1-888-377-8900 or submit the free case consultation form.

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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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