School Bus Injury Justice
School Bus Injury Justice

From 2003 to 2012, 174 school-age children died in school-transportation related crashes, 55 were occupants of school transportation vehicles and 119 were pedestrians.

You trust the school bus to transport your child to and from school safety each day. You trust that the bus drivers will be responsible and focused individuals that make your child’s well being their number one priority. When you hear about a school bus accident on the news your heart drops; could it be my child? When it is your child that is involved in a school bus crash and your child was injured, you should seek the assistance of a competent attorney.

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According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), from 2004 through 2013, Drivers in the United States were involved in 340,039 fatal motor vehicle traffic crashes. Of those 340,039 – 1,214, were categorized as “school-transportation-related,” i.e. they involved an actual school bus or other type of commissioned vehicle thats purpose was to transport students.

According to a report from abcnews.com, nearly 17,000 children are treated in emergency rooms every year due to injuries sustained in the school bus. Of these injuries, 42 percent (almost half) involved bus crashes.

The fact is that one single school bus crash is too many. There is no room for error when you are transporting a bus full of children.

As a victim of a school bus crash getting compensated for your losses and pain and suffering can at times be difficult due to the vast immunities provided to government agencies such as schools. Knowing who to sue – and where to sue – for your damages is a large part of successfully litigating a bus crash.

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