Respected Chapel Hill bus accident lawyers protecting the rights of people injured in bus crashes.
A benefit of living and working in Chapel Hill, NC, is access to an abundance of local and regional bus services that make it easy to get around town or travel to other parts of the state or across country. When combined with buses that take children to public and private schools and transport them to after-school activities, it is inevitable that accidents will occur. According to the currently available annual data from the North Carolina Department of Transportation, eight people died and another 370 suffered injuries in 1,436 bus accidents in the state.
If you or someone in your family suffers serious injuries in a bus accident Chapel Hill, the personal injury attorneys at The Clauson Law Firm, PLLC, understand that worrying about an avalanche of medical bills and being out of work make it impossible to focus on getting the care and rest needed to recover. Let us put our experience and skills to work fighting for the monetary compensation you deserve from the parties responsible for causing the bus accident.
Any number of factors may cause or contribute to causing a bus to crash with another vehicle, a pedestrian, bicycle riders, or guardrails and other stationary objects. As a general rule, collisions usually occur because someone was negligent, careless or reckless.
Some of the most common causes of bus accidents include the following:
As you can see, the party responsible for causing a bus crash may not be limited to the bus driver.
It takes a skilled and experienced personal injury lawyer to be capable of analyzing the facts and evidence from a bus crash to identify all parties who may be at fault but identifying them is only half the battle. Building a strong case requires evidence and the ability to present it in such a way as to convince a judge or jury to award damages to an injured party.
For example, a passenger injured while riding on a bus that collided with another vehicle may have a claim for damages against the driver of the bus who was speeding. However, the bus company may also be liable if there is evidence that the failure to maintain the brake system contributed to the crash. If evidence shows the driver of the car made an illegal turn into the path of the bus, it may implicate the motorist as a party at fault in contributing to the crash.
At The Clauson Law Firm, we believe in taking the time needed in the beginning to analyze the facts surrounding a crash and assembling the evidence to build a strong case against all parties. An aggressive strategy backed by the evidence may help to avoid a trial by convincing the insurance companies working on behalf of the at-fault parties to settle the claim to avoid a trial.
Whether you were injured as a rider on a bus or as a pedestrian, bicycle rider or occupant of another vehicle involved in a collision with a bus, you have the right to be compensated. Get trusted legal advice and guidance from an attorney at a bus accident law firm Chapel Hill. We want you to receive the monetary compensation you deserve for the injuries you endured, so call us now at The Clauson Law Firm, PLLC, 833-680-0177 to schedule a free consultation and case review. You may also contact us through our website.