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Undefeated Greyhound Bus Accident Lawyers with Over $1 Billion Won

In the past 5 years alone, our Bus Accident Lawyers have recovered the largest settlements and verdicts in Greyhound’s corporate history and successfully represented bus accident victims in connection with every major Greyhound crash in the United States.

Our recoveries have been covered by media outlets across the United States and distinguished our bus accident lawyers as some of the best in the country.

• #1 Largest Verdict in Greyhound’s History

• #1 Largest Published Settlement with Greyhound on behalf of passengers injured when driver allegedly “passed out” at wheel

• First law firm in the United States to prove, through an overnight sleep study, that a Greyhound driver was operating a bus in violation of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations

Just recently, our Bus Accident Lawyers Won the #1 largest verdict in Greyhound’s history on behalf of a passenger who injured her lower back when the bus driver lost control on icy roads.

We then obtained a $6 Million settlement against Greyhound on behalf of 5 passengers who were injured when the driver fell asleep as a result of untreated Obstructive Sleep Apnea.

Bus Companies Will Do Everything Possible to Avoid Responsibility for a Crash

Following a bus accident, the company and its team of investigator will immediately sent “claims reps” to the scene to collect evidence that the company will use to try to avoid responsibility for the crash.

These “claims reps” will also try to induce injured passengers to sign waiver that prevent them from being able to file a lawsuit against the company in exchange for anywhere between $500 and $5,000.

The payments are designed to protect the bus company for the damages it would be required to pay if the injured passenger filed a lawsuit and, as a result, should ALWAYS be rejected.

This is just one example of the many tricks that bus companies and their insurance carriers use to prevent injured passengers from being able to hold the company responsible for their recklessness.

It’s critical, as a result, that you do not sign anything or provide any statements to the bus company or its investigators until you’ve spoken with an Experienced Bus Accident Lawyer.

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If you or a loved one were injured or tragically killed in a bus accident, our Undefeated Bus Accident Lawyers can help.

We’ll answer your questions, explain your rights, and provide you with whatever information you need to decide what’s best for you and your family.

All consultations are free, and because we work exclusively on a contingency fee, you won’t owe us anything unless we win your case.

An open-air tour bus involved in a major crash two weeks ago is being investigated by authorities from the state of California, as the bus may never have been properly registered nor inspected by state officials before being put on the roadways. At least 20 people were injured in the mid-November crash, including two pedestrians who ended up pinned by the bus, with five people sustaining serious injuries. The bus driver reportedly lost control of the vehicle and crashed into a construction site after smashing into multiple other vehicles in San Francisco’s Union Square. The bus was owned and operated by City Sightseeing, a local company that provides tours of landmark areas of the San Francisco Bay Area.

The make and model of the bus involved in the accident has a prior history of unreliability on the roads. The open, double-decker bus makes for an ideal view for tourists interested in seeing local sights, but the design of the bus gives it the potential to create disaster when involved in a crash. Twice the number of people can board a double-decker bus as can a standard city bus, and the make and model of the bus in question—the Orion VI—has a history of issues, ranging from unprovoked vehicular fires to loss of stability and overturning during a collision.

The bus involved in the San Francisco accident had once been owned by a Washington, D.C. company that sold off its Orion VI buses after their poor performance and lack of reliability and safety was noted. It is not clear how the D.C. bus managed to reach the hands of City Sightseeing in San Francisco, but the company may be in hot water over lack of registration and inspection by California officials. Officials from City Sightseeing have stated that the company’s buses are inspected once every month and a half, but records from the California Public Utilities Commission indicate that the bus was never registered with them and thus, never underwent a CHP inspection as required by law.

The driver of the bus reported that the brakes on the bus failed, causing him to lose control of the vehicle and leading to the multiple collisions that took place back on November 16. The Orion VI model was notorious for braking issues, but although the specific bus in question had been involved in at least two accidents before being sold to City Sightseeing, neither of these incidents were reported to be the result of brake failure.

No one escaped unscathed from a horrific accident involving an overcrowded bus in Nepal on Tuesday, November 3, 2015. The bus was packed full of passengers, with many taking their chances at riding on the roof of the vehicle, and traveling along a dirt-and-gravel roadway cut into a hillside when the vehicle skidded down the hillside, leaving at least 30 people dead and another 35 with injuries. All injured parties were transported to area hospitals in neighboring towns. Their status and expected recovery is not known.

In Nepal, it is a common sight to see people on board a bus roof, as the nation is experiencing a marked shortage in fuel due to border tension and protesters blocking off gasoline supplies to the nation, leading to a transportation crisis and the need to use mass commuting to get around. However, overcrowding of buses has become a major safety concern, as such practices as roof riding can lead a vehicle to become unstable, which in turn can lead to passenger weight inadvertently overturning buses as they go around turns.

The exact cause of this crash has not been reported, but overcrowding is strongly suspected of playing a large role. The accident took place near a town called Ramche in Nepal’s Rasuwa district, located northwest of the nation’s capital of Kathmandu. The vehicle was driving along a mountain pass when, for reasons not yet clear, it plummeted more than 500 feet down the side of the foothill before coming to a stop on level ground below. Those injured in the crash were taken to medical centers in Kathmandu and Ramche for evaluation and treatment.

Many reasons are cited as being causal in the uptick in traffic accidents and fatalities in the nation of Nepal, including lack of governmental transparency with regard to traffic safety planning and poorly constructed and maintained roadways. According to data published by the World Health Organization, traffic accidents are the ninth leading cause of death in the country of Nepal. The northern parts of the country have few, if any, paved roads, making traversing the areas outside of large cities a difficult task.

A school bus transporting students from Lakeside High School in Hot Springs, Arkansas was involved in a traffic accident on the afternoon of Friday, October 23, 2015, injuring two adults and 10 students on board. The bus was traveling en route to a football game in De Queen at the time of the accident. The vehicle was on U.S. Highway 70 near the small town of Newhope when the incident—whose cause is still not known—took place.

Injured parties were transported to two area hospitals and school officials on site at each location reported that both adults and teens who were hurt in the crash are in stable condition at this time. One of the injured adults was reported to be the head coach of the Lakeside High School football team; the other injured adult was not identified, nor were any of the minors who were hurt in the accident.

The football game, which had been scheduled for Friday evening, was subsequently canceled. The bus that crashed was one of three vehicles transporting students to the game, and uninjured persons were boarded onto the remaining two buses following the incident. Arkansas State Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the accident at this time. It is not yet known whether road conditions, visibility, or other drivers’ actions may have played a role in this crash.

According to data released by the Arkansas State Police Department, there were 461 fatal traffic accidents in the year 2013, the last year for which data were made available. More than 58,000 traffic accidents took place statewide in the same year. In recent years, the Highway Safety Office of Arkansas has outlined annual highway safety plans in an effort to reduce injuries and fatalities on the state’s motorways. Ten-year data trends show that fatal crashes have decreased significantly over time, from 626 fatal accidents in 2004 to 461 in 2013.

A small New York school bus suddenly caught fire after colliding with a semi-truck on the Long Island Expressway early in the afternoon of Thursday, October 8, 2015. Both vehicles were traveling westward at the time of the collision, and two people—a teacher’s aide and the driver of the bus—were on board when the crash took place. Neither was injured in the accident. However, this may be due to the fact that both parties were rescued by an off-duty New York Police Department Transit Division cop who carried away both people just moments before the bus burst into flame.

The policeman, Officer Christopher Canale, was driving in his car accompanied by his wife when he saw the accident happen. He immediately leapt from the car and went on scene to the accident, looking for people inside the bus. Canale, father of two small preschool-aged children, reported that he felt he did what anyone would have done in his place.

After the accident, the bus’s driver was trapped behind the steering wheel, and Officer Canale heard screams coming from the disabled bus and came to offer assistance right away. He was able to free both the driver and the aide from the wreckage before the bus caught fire just moments later. The bus is reported to have smashed into the truck in a rear-end collision while the semi was pulled over to the far right shoulder of the expressway. The investigation into the precise cause of the accident is ongoing on this time.

Canale reported the aide as having been bloodied in the accident and appearing dazed, but no life-threatening injuries were sustained in the crash in spite of the explosive ending. Officer Canale is one of three siblings in his family who works in law enforcement, including one brother who is a twin, and is also the father of two children, aged 4 and 2.

Fog was determined to be at least partially to blame for a multiple-vehicle collision between three semi-trailers and a school bus in Kindred, North Dakota on the morning of Friday, September 25, 2015. The driver of the Kindred School District bus, as well as three of the students being transported that morning, was injured in the crash. The accident took place near where State Highway 46 intersects with Richland County Highway 1 around 9 a.m.

One of the semi-truck drivers was traveling northbound on Highway 1 when fog reportedly obscured his vision, rendering him unable to see the school bus heading eastbound on Highway 46, resulting in the initial collision. Two other semi-trucks then crashed into the two disabled vehicles. There were at least 32 students and three adults on board the school bus at the time of the crash. The bus was en route to a field trip when the accident occurred.

All four vehicles involved in the accident were severely damaged, but none of the injuries sustained in the crash were life-threatening and all injured parties are expected to make a full recovery. The school bus driver was trapped inside the vehicle for close to an hour as emergency crews worked to pull her from the wreckage. She was then taken by ambulance to a local medical center for evaluation and treatment.

The area where the accident happened is notorious for its morning fogginess, which resulted in severely impaired visibility on Friday. Visibility was said to be down to a quarter-mile at the time of the pile-up. One of the semi drivers sustained cuts and bruises and reported feeling shock after the collision, stating that he believed he could have stopped his vehicle in time had the fog not been so prevalent that morning.

A school bus accident ended tragically on the morning of Tuesday, September 15, 2015, when the bus was struck by another vehicle—one being driven by a district teacher—while traveling on an overpass. The collision caused the bus to tip over the guardrail, crashing onto Telephone Road below on its side. The accident resulted in two teenaged females—Janecia Chatman, aged 14, and Maryah Johnson, aged 17, losing their lives. Two more students were hurt, as was the driver of the bus. The extent of their injuries has been reported as serious.

Only four passengers were on board the bus at the time of the accident, at which time the bus was en route to nearby Furr High School. The accident occurred on westbound Interstate 610 at around 7 a.m. when a Buick slammed into the bus, causing the bus driver to lose control of the vehicle. It is not yet known why the driver of the car hit the bus. The Buick’s driver reported that another vehicle was entering her lane and she believed herself in danger of being hit, so she swerved and overcorrected, causing her vehicle to crash into the bus while on the 610 overpass. A portion of the freeway was shut down as police investigated the accident during the morning hours, re-opening just prior to noon.

At least one of the victims of the crash—Janecia Chatman, the 14-year-old girl whose life was lost—was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital, where she later died. Maryah Johnson died at the scene. The students on board the bus during the accident attended Furr High School and REACH Charter High School, which is housed on Furr High School’s grounds. The families of the victims and the community in general are shaken by the accident, and the Johnson family has reported their intent to file a lawsuit in light of their daughter’s tragic death. Local police have detained the Buick’s driver for further questioning, and the National Transportation and Safety Board will be conducting an independent investigation.

The August 25, 2015 Thomasville, NC Greyhound bus crash was a truly unfortunate accident that, based on our initial investigation, could and should have been prevented. Our prayers go out to the crash victims and their families, as we wish them a full and fast recovery.

Having represented hundreds of injured bus passengers in similarly tragic crashes, we have not only seen the physical, emotional and financial impact an accident like this can have on both the passengers and their loved ones, but the efforts to which bus companies, like Greyhound, will go to avoid taking responsibility for the injuries that they caused.

Our firm was recently retained by several of the passengers who were injured in the crash and is working with our own team of accident reconstruction and federal motor carrier safety experts to determine (1) whether any mechanical defects existed on the bus, (2) why the bus driver failed to comply with Greyhound and Federal safety rules by pulling over and inspecting the bus before continuing with the trip, and (3) whether the relief bus driver (who resumed the trip in Charlotte) conducted the “pre trip” inspection required by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Regulations.

We will be regularly updating our website and blog with information about the crash as it becomes available to us.

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Based on our experience with Greyhound, the company and its claim representatives have likely started contacting injured passengers in an attempt to convince them to accept nominal settlements in exchange for a signed release/waiver.

Greyhound does this because they know that most passengers won’t realize or appreciate the extent of their injuries for days, weeks and sometimes even longer. By convincing passengers to accept trivial payments (often between $1,000 and $2,000) before they incur significant medical bills and realize the full extent of their injuries, Greyhound is able to permanently avoid any further responsibility for the passengers’ medical expenses and other damages.

We therefore urge all passengers involved in the crash to do the following before accepting any compensation or signing any documents from Greyhound or their claims representatives:

1. Read the entire release:

If you have any questions at all, please have it reviewed by an attorney with experience representing injured bus passengers. Most law firms will do this for free, so you won’t have to worry about any out of pocket costs.

2. Get examined by your family doctor or a specialist who has experience diagnosing and treating similar injuries:

Even if you have already been to the ER, it’s essential that you have your injuries examined by your family doctor, orthopedic or other appropriate specialist, before you sign a release, because once the document is signed, you are permanently barred from recovering your medical expenses or any additional damages from Greyhound.

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If you have any questions about our investigation, your rights, or what you should or shouldn’t do moving forward, please don’t hesitate to contact me or any of lawyers at our firm.

We will gladly update you on our investigation and answer any questions you may have (for free).

A school bus based in Rowan County, Kentucky was involved in an accident on the evening of Thursday, September 3, 2015, leaving one student injured. The bus was traveling southbound along Cranston Road, around 10 miles north of Interstate 64, on the way home from a Lewis County middle-school basketball competition when foggy weather interfered with the driver’s ability to control the vehicle and the bus collided with a guard rail near North Fork Bridge before crashing into a ditch on the roadside. Twenty people were reportedly on board at the time of the accident, including two adults and 18 students.

The investigation is still ongoing, but officials from the Rowan County Board of Education have released a statement mentioning that poor visibility due to weather conditions are considered a contributing factor in the accident. The driver underwent drug testing as part of standard post-accident protocol but is not suspected of having been under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time the incident took place. Three students are said to have sustained injuries in the accident, but none of the injuries were life-threatening and all injured parties were back home within 24 hours of the accident. Two students were released after evaluation by first responders at the scene, and the remaining student was transported to Saint Claire Medical Center and released later that night.

Nearby roads were closed for a short time following the accident, but were quickly re-opened. In a report released by the Kentucky State Police, 672 people were said to have died on Kentucky public roads in the year 2014. Between 750 and 850 school buses are involved in traffic accidents on Kentucky roadways, with 90 to 100 of those resulting in injury, according to data released by the Kentucky Transportation Center in partnership with the University of Kentucky’s College of Engineering.

Dozens of people have been injured and at least six are dead following a tour bus accident in Turkey on Thursday, August 6, 2015. The accident took place on a roadway just outside the city of Denizli in the southwestern region of the nation. The bus reportedly had around 40 passengers on board at the time of the accident, 27 of whom were hurt in the crash. Almost all people on board were tourists from Russia, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Ukraine, and four of the six fatalities were Russian nationals.

Twenty passengers are reported to have been hospitalized following the accident and are now receiving treatment in area medical centers in Denizli and Antalya. The extent of their injuries is not known, nor is it known whether any of these individuals is expected to survive. The bus was owned and operated by Kilit Global, a subsidiary of Russian touring and travel company Tez Tours. Turkey is a popular vacation destination for many people in eastern Europe, including Russia and the former Soviet nations.

The accident occurred when the bus overturned while traveling on a hillside road, causing the bus to plummet. One tourist who survived the crash described people both living and dead being ejected from bus windows as the vehicle crashed, narrowly missing a nearby ravine on its way down. It is not known whether driver fatigue may have played a role in this crash, nor has any word been released on whether the driver may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol at the time of the accident.

Officials from the Russian Federation’s embassy in Turkey have been sent to the region where the crash took place to launch an investigation and offer support following the incident. According to data published by the World Health Organization, Turkey averages 10,000 fatalities due to traffic accidents each year.