Tampa Accident Lawyers
If you have been the victim of a bus accident or if you have lost a loved one to a bus accident, you may be overwhelmed and confused. Bus accident cases are confusing and they often involve very short time limits for taking legal action. You may not know who can be held responsible for your accident and may feel like there is nowhere to turn. Our Tampa accident lawyers can help.
Bus Accident Causes
Bus accidents can have underlying causes that are not obvious at the time of the accident. Determining the underlying causes of your accident is crucial to determining who was responsible and, ultimately, who must pay for your injuries. Bus accident causes can include:
- Inadequately trained or inexperienced bus driver
- Improper hiring procedures
- Unrealistic schedules
- Inadequate bus maintenance
- Failure to monitor bus drivers
- Negligence on the part of other drivers
- Defective bus
- Failure to yield to buses
- Failure to stop for school buses
- Distracted bus driver
- Intoxicated bus driver
- Excessive speed
- Blind spots
- Hazardous weather and/or poor visibility
- Defective roadways
- Poorly designed bus stop
Responsible Parties
Once we know what caused or contributed to your bus accident, we can figure out who is legally responsible. Bus drivers and their employers are held to a higher standard than drivers of regular passenger vehicles. Bus accidents can have multiple responsible parties. Responsible parties in a bus accident can include:
- Bus company
- Mass transit systems
- Public school district
- Private school
- Church
- Bus maintenance provider
- Bus manufacturer
- Bus driver
- Other drivers
- Government entity responsible for defective roadway
- Local government agencies
If you or a loved one has been injured or killed in a bus accident, please call our Tampa accident lawyers at 1-877 LOSS RECOVER (567-7732) or submit an online questionnaire. The initial consultation with our personal injury lawyers is free of charge, and if we agree to handle your case, in most cases we will work on a contingency fee basis, which means we get paid for our services only if there is a monetary recovery of funds. In many cases, a personal injury lawsuit must be filed before an applicable expiration date, known as a statute of limitations. Please call right away to ensure that you do not waive your right to possible compensation.