Lawsuits have been filed against a bus company following the tragic deaths of four college softball players in a bus crash in 2014. Now, some critics are calling for a Champion Defender bus recall arguing the entire fleet of medium-size Defender buses is unsafe and should be pulled from the [...]
School bus crashes can cause parents a great deal of worry because they believe their children are safe while being transported to and from school. In California, eight special education students were injured in the Lancaster school bus accident that occurred on February 7, 2017. Injuries to the eight students [...]
A jury has awarded a victim in the October 9, 2009, Coleraine school bus crash $28.6 million, finding both drivers in the accident at fault. Paige Anderson, who was 16 years old when the crash occurred, was riding in the back seat of a car that collided with the bus. [...]
January 24, 2017 -- The law firm of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman has reached a settlement of nearly $10 million with Orange Unified School District (OUSD) on behalf of families of children who were injured in the 2014 Anaheim school bus crash. The settlement was reached on the first [...]
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report on the Tennessee bus accident that left six students dead and 31 injured. Although the investigation is not complete, the preliminary report does set out some of the events on November 21, 2016, that led up to the devastating [...]
A New Jersey bus crash in East Brunswick has caused injuries to at least one child, while 15 others were sent to hospital to be checked out. The bus accident happened in the morning on January 16, 2017, when a small school bus and a commuter bus collided. Although none [...]
An Anaheim bus crash on Tuesday, December 27, 2016, has taken the life of one person and injured 17 others. The fatal California bus accident occurred when a sedan and a bus collided on Harbor Boulevard, near Disneyland. All lanes on Harbor Boulevard were shut down for around five hours [...]
After experiencing an incredible triumph on the field, the football-loving town of Iraan, Texas was met with devastating tragedy when a small school bus crashed while carrying six cheerleaders and two cheerleading sponsors home from their quarterfinal game. Many on board had serious injuries, and one was killed in the [...]
On November 28 a National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) rule will go into effect requiring seat belts in large buses. The change will apply to new over-the-road buses only, but officials are optimistic the requirement could substantially improve bus safety by preventing many of the deaths and injuries that [...]
Washington, D.C. - - Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman wrongful death and personal injury attorney Timothy A. Loranger attended the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) meeting to determine the probable cause of last year’s crash between an amphibious duck boat vehicle and a chartered tour bus in Seattle. Five people [...]
