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Buses make getting around the sprawling City of Los Angeles far more convenient, and school buses offer a generally safe way to transport our children to and from school. In fact, buses have much to offer, but bus accidents are as dangerous as their claims are complicated. If you’ve been injured as a bus passenger or in an accident that was caused by a bus, working closely with an experienced Los Angeles bus accident attorney is in your best interest.
We turn to buses for many of our transportation needs, including:
Buses are a convenient way to address many of our transportation needs. However, bus accidents do happen and they are very dangerous. If you happen to be injured in a bus accident in Los Angeles, a bus accident attorney can help you get the compensation you deserve.
Taking the bus should never be an experience that leaves you injured. However, there are some things that are out of our control and if another negligent party is involved, accidents may happen, leaving victims with extensive injuries and losses.
Because of the size and mass of buses, there is a high risk of more severe injuries when an accident occurs. However, regardless of the severity of your injuries, if you were the victim of a bus accident in Los Angeles, California, you have the right to take legal action by filing a bus accident claim. Some of the most common injuries suffered by Los Angeles bus accident victims are as follows:
If you have suffered harm of any kind as the result of another party’s negligence that led to a bus accident, you have the legal right to pursue justice by filing a bus accident claim. Our team of trusted Los Angeles attorneys can help you build a strong bus accident claim by collecting necessary evidence for your case.
If you or someone you love has been injured in a bus accident, you’re no doubt at a loss regarding how to move forward. While no two bus accidents are ever identical, there are two basic first steps that universally apply:
When filing a personal injury claim of any kind, it is important to collect the key evidence that will allow you to build the strong case necessary to help you pursue justice. Our team of knowledgeable lawyers has experience building cases for our clients who have been the victims of bus accidents in Los Angeles and can ensure you are able to collect the necessary evidence for your unique claim.
This evidence may include any of the following:
After you are injured in a bus accident, you should always seek medical care. Even if you are unsure if your injuries are severe, it is important you are checked by a medical professional for your overall well being and to ensure you have evidence that the accident directly led to your injuries and losses. Medical bills and doctor’s notes are key elements when building the evidence for your Los Angeles bus accident claim.
It is important to file an accident report after a personal injury incident occurs. This report is a crucial piece of evidence that will contain a detailed description of what occurred while ensuring there is also an official record of the bus accident.
If you are able, you should take photos of the accident scene and any visible injuries you have sustained. You may also try to collect any video footage of the accident. This may come from dash camera footage from other vehicles or security footage from buildings in the area of where the bus crash occurred.
If there were witnesses to the bus accident, one of our lawyers can get a statement from them of what they saw occur. Their statement could be highly valuable in supporting your bus accident claim.
To ensure you have all of the evidence that will help you pursue a successful outcome for your Los Angeles bus accident claim, contact one of our trusted lawyers today.
When it comes to your health and well-being, don’t take chances. If you’re offered emergency medical services at the scene, accept them, and if emergency medical services aren’t available, consult with your own doctor (or visit an emergency room if it’s warranted). Taking this important step is not only what’s best for your ongoing health but also what’s best for your bus accident claim.
Because buses are so large, heavy, and unwieldy – and seat many passengers within – bus accidents tend to be exceptionally dangerous. Further, bus accident claims are often very complicated. If the bus accident that leaves you injured involves government management, such as city transit buses, things are more complicated still (and you have less time to address the matter legally). All told, compiling a solid bus accident claim that effectively addresses your full range of physical, financial, and emotional damages is critical to your ability to fully heal, and you need an experienced Los Angeles bus accident attorney on your side.
After you have been involved in a bus accident, you are entitled to file a claim with the liable party’s insurance. This can be tricky when you have many moving parts and numerous involved parties. When dealing with such a complex case, your best choice for a favorable outcome is to retain a seasoned Los Angeles bus accident lawyer from Kash Legal. Whether it’s the bus driver, the operating company, the vehicle manufacturer, or another driver on the road, there are numerous potentially liable parties at fault for your accident. To begin picking through the pieces, your attorney will immediately begin conducting an investigation into the circumstances surrounding your case, involving the collection and analysis of any potentially relevant information to be used as evidence.
This data will be used to demonstrate that negligence has occurred and directly affected you. For instance, in the case of an at-fault bus driver, our team will collect eyewitness accounts, traffic camera footage, and more to demonstrate they owed you a standard of care, breached that care, and that their recklessness has directly resulted in your accident and injuries. From here, they can be held accountable for their actions with a personal injury claim. At Kash Legal, we diligently work to unravel the complexities and ensure that you are well compensated for your losses.
After you have been injured in a bus accident, one of the most important steps your lawyer will take is to prove the liability of the at-fault party. After the liable party has been identified, our lawyers will launch a full investigation into your unique case to identify evidence of the four factors of negligence.
The four factors of negligence are needed to prove liability in any personal injury claim. These factors include the following:
Without proving negligence in your Los Angeles bus accident case, it is difficult for victims to be able to file a claim and pursue the justice they are owed. To ensure you are able to present evidence of the factors of negligence in your personal injury claim after a bus accident, contact our team of Los Angeles lawyers as soon as possible.
After your bus accident, you are owed damages for your injuries and property damage. Determining the monetary worth of your case hinges on multiple factors, including the nature and extent of your injuries, the liable party, the defendant’s financial standing, and whether or not you have filed your claim with the help of legal counsel. When you attempt to file a claim on your own, you run the risk of a low settlement offer, shifted blame, or even a fully dismissed case. When you partner with a seasoned attorney, you are giving yourself access to a professional who can navigate the complexities of your case to retrieve maximum compensation.
For victims of bus accident injuries, economic damages and non-economic damages are available to recover. This will cover your tangible losses, like medical bills, rehabilitative therapy, and lost wages, as well as your intangible losses, like emotional trauma, scarring, and loss of consortium. In cases where your attorney finds your accident to result from a wanton disregard for others’ safety, or gross negligence, they can help you recover punitive damages as well. These are not calculated specifically based on your losses but instead act as a fine for the at-fault party’s negligence.
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) shares several disconcerting statistics related to bus accidents (FMCSA’s data refers to buses and large trucks), including:
Of all fatal bus accidents from 2008 to 2018, school bus accidents made up 40 percent, transit buses made up 35 percent, and intercity buses made up 12 percent.
In 2017, there were 234 fatal bus accidents.
There were 5,096 fatal bus accidents in 2018, which is a 1 percent increase over 2017 and a 49 percent increase over 2009.
There were 121,000 injuries caused by bus accidents in 2018, which is an 8 percent increase over 2016.
Buses pose their own unique risk factors on our roads, including the following:
If you or a loved one has been impacted by a bus accident in Los Angeles, contact a bus accident attorney at Kash Legal today.
Bus drivers are professional drivers who must adhere to more exacting safety guidelines, and any form of bus driver negligence can lead to life-threatening accidents. A Los Angeles personal injury lawyer can help you determine if you have been a victim of bus driver negligence. Bus driver negligence can take any of the following forms:
Safely maneuvering a massive bus full of passengers through heavy traffic is a difficult task, and any form or amount of distraction on the part of the bus driver can be disastrous. Texting (or otherwise engaging with one’s smartphone) has been heralded as the most dangerous distraction of all, and it’s earned its reputation honestly.
No one should get behind the wheel while under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, and when a bus driver does so, it demonstrates a profound lack of concern for the safety of everyone on the roadway. This is why state and federal laws have zero tolerance for this practice.
Drowsy drivers can experience the same diminished attention span and slowed reaction times that impaired drivers do. There are highly specific hours-of-service rules in place to help ensure that bus drivers and other professional drivers aren’t drowsy behind the wheel, but these haven’t eliminated the problem.
Excess speed makes vehicles more difficult to control and exacerbates the seriousness of any accidents that transpire. When the vehicle that’s speeding is a large, heavy bus, the danger grows exponentially. If you were in an accident caused by a bus driving too fast, contact the bus accident attorney at Kash Legal.
Jonathan M. Kashani is the founder of Kash Legal Group, specializing in personal injury law with a commitment to providing personalized client services and high-quality legal representation. He holds a Juris Doctorate with honors from the University of West Los Angeles School of Law and is admitted to practice in all state courts of California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
Buses offer many conveniences, but bus accidents are often exceptionally dangerous. If a bus accident leaves you injured, the formidable bus accident attorneys at Kash Legal Group in LA are here to help. Our accomplished legal team has an impressive track record of helping clients like you obtain just compensation that addresses their complete damages, and we’re here for you, too. Your case is important, so please don’t hesitate to fill out our contact form or call us for more information today.
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