When you are
injured on a public bus, and it is the fault of the bus driver or the bus owner in general, then you will need to file a lawsuit against a government agency.
Not exact matches
This 93 year old personal injury claimant completely ignored medical advice that he not travel
on public transportation unassisted and
injured his right shoulder after trying to exit a moving
bus (Bideci v. Neuhold, 2014 BCSC 542).
If you're
injured on a private
bus, rather than
on a
public bus, they're still held to the higher standard under the Common Carrier Rule, but you have a full two years to file your lawsuit.
If you are
injured on a
bus, and it is a
public bus — AC Transit, San Francisco Muni, anything like that — then the rules change a little bit.
Changes to Accident Benefits in 2011 determined that people can't get statutory accident benefits if they were
injured on public transit if the
bus was actually not involved in a collision.