Bus Accident Cases

General Information

The below information relating to Bus accidents is hereby provided being by The Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez & Associates  as a courtesy to visitors of our webpage. The herein information is provided as educational material only, and is not meant as legal advice. If you desire legal advice on your legal matter, you may call us for free legal consultation.

If you have already been in an Bus accident in the State of California, we highly recommend that you stop reading right now, and call our law firm for a free telephone consultation at (800) 816-1529, Ext. 1. We will tell you over the telephone if we think that you have a case and whether we can help you.

If we believe we can help you, and you decide to retain us, we can then send our investigator to you with all of the legal forms necessary for you to retain our law firm.

If you do not have medical insurance or a medical provider, we can immediately refer you to an appropriate doctor near you for medical treatment. (Yes, even if you do not have medical insurance)

Yes, this can all be accomplished with one phone call to our law firm. We try to make the process as simple as possible for you.

For more information on how we handle your case, go to our INSTRUCTIONS TO CLIENTS SECTION BY CLICKING HERE NOW.

TIME LIMIT TO FILE A LAWSUIT IN YOUR Bus accident case (California STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS)

Most often buses are operated by public entities such as the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority, etc. If the operator of the bus is a governmental entity a claim must be filed with that governmental entity within 6 months from the date of the accident. If the entity rejects the claim, you must then file a lawsuit within 6 months from the date of the rejection or lose your right to sue.

If the operator of a bus is a private entity, the Statute of Limitations for filing a lawsuit for personal injuries related to a bus or vehicle accident in the State of California is two (2) years from the date of the accident. If you do not file a lawsuit within two (2) years, you lose your right to sue!

You may not know if the bus is operated by a public or private entity. It is imperative to hire a lawyer as soon as possible in bus accident cases or you could lose your right to recover!

What do you do if you are in an Bus Accident?

Being in an Bus Accident can be one of the most traumatic experiences of your life, especially if you are seriously injured. Tens of thousands of people die each year in motor vehicle accidents in the United States.

If you are in any type of Bus accident, make sure that you do not sign any paperwork offered to you by the bus operator. Often times supervisors of bus lines will show up at the scene of an accident and try to get you to sign a document stating that you were not injured. Do not sign any type of form like this. Often times it may take 24 hours or more for pain to arise from soft tissue types of injuries.

If you are able, try to get the names and addresses of any and all witnesses.

Do not make any statements at the scene of the accident to anybody but the police.

If you are injured, request to be transported by the paramedics to the emergency room.

If the paramedics give you the option of not being transported to a hospital, tell them that you want to be transported to a hospital. By law the paramedics must transport injured persons to a hospital upon request. Again, it is better to error on the side of caution. We have seen all types of accident victims, and many types of injuries that could result in internal bleeding or hidden damage that you might be aware of at the time of the accident. After an accident, the chemical adrenaline is produced by the body which increases your heart rate. During this process the pain you are experiencing might not seem to severe.

We cannot tell you how many of our client's have been involved in accidents and went home thinking that the pain they were feeling would go away, only to end up not being able to move a few hours later. GO TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM TO GET CHECKED OUT!

GET AS MUCH INFORMATION AS POSSIBLE

If you are physically able, try to get the bus drivers name or ID number. Talk to others who were on the bus and exchange information with them. Try to get the bus number, and line you were on. Note where the accident occurred, the date, and at what time.

Here are some things that you might try to write down:

• Were any of the parties involved in the accident driving a commercial vehicle, truck, van, and/or working at the time of the accident?

• Any statements made by any of the persons involved in the accident.

• A full description (race, height, age, weight, hair color and style, clothes, etc.) of each driver involved in the accident.

• Whether any persons in the accident were wearing eye glasses or sun glasses.

• Whether any persons involved in the accident appeared to be intoxicated.

• Passenger information for all vehicles.

• Whether the windows of any of the vehicles tinted.

• Whether any persons involved in the accident talking on the cell phone at the time of the accident. (their cell phone records can be obtained by us through subpoena if we are forced to litigate)

• The facts of the accident as you understand them.

• All witness names, addresses, telephone numbers, vehicle types, license plate numbers, etc. (sometimes witnesses will offer to help at the scene of the accident, but then become unavailable or refuse to return phone calls or mailings after the fact. Getting detailed information from them including their vehicle information may help us to locate them if necessary or they become non-cooperative.)

If you are physically able, call our office at (800) 816-1529 Ext. 1, from the scene of the accident, and we will try to immediately dispatch an investigator to the accident scene, depending upon where you are and the facts of the accident. If you cannot call us, try to contact level headed relatives or friends to come to the scene of the accident. They can not only help you to obtain information, but they can also act as witnesses to statements made by persons involved in the accident, property damage, and your injuries. Witnesses are always a good thing, especially if they are helpful to your case!

Following our advice will in the end help us to prosecute your case.

The Necessity of retaining counsel

The above information is just a small part what you need to know when dealing with Bus accidents.

As a firm that handles personal injury cases, including all types of automobile, motorcycle, truck, bus, and other motor vehicle accidents, we must above all, highly recommend that you retain a lawyer to represent you in your accident case. Preferably within the first 24-48 hours of the time the accident occurred.

We have dealt with many people who thought they could do it on their own without a lawyer, who in the end either by their own words or conduct unintentionally sabotaged their own case, or settled their case for a small fraction of what their case was actually worth.

More then anything, we dislike having to tell someone who attempted to handle this complex area of the law on their own, that there is nothing we can do for them because they already settled their case, or they waited too long to file suit, etc.

Our purpose as a law firm is to provide you with aggressive, competent legal representation on your case. The word competency is not just some marketing term. Competency means that you have the someone has the expertise and knowledge to handle something.

The Law Offices of Norman Gregory Fernandez has the level of competency necessary to get you maximum results in your case.

We have what it takes to prosecute your case. Don't be a fool, and try to represent yourself. Lawyers are here for a reason; because we know the system and how to navigate through it. We know what you are entitled too and how to get it either through settlement or litigation.

You may call us now for a free consultation on your case at (800) 816-1529 Ext. 1, or you may submit your case through our online legal form for evaluation by clicking here now. You have nothing to lose except the money you may be entitled to in your case!

If you want to find out more about how we handle cases and the process check out the below links.

Click Here to find out more about medical treatment.

Loss of Wages or Income.

Click Here to find out how we process your claim.

Click Here to find out how you can help us get maximum results for you in your case.

Click Here to Learn about the Compensation you are entitled to for your losses.

For a free telephone consultation call us now at (800) 816-1529, Ext. 1.

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