火车, commercial truck and bus companies’ failure to meet established mass transportation standards is also a failure to protect others, 并可能导致灾难性事件, serious permanent injuries or even the wrongful death of drivers and passengers.
可悲的是, the same can be said of accidents involving personal transportation such as cars and motorcycles, 哪里是别人的疏忽, such as an 18-wheeler or other commercial vehicle, 导致永久性伤害或死亡.
In all transportation cases involving the permanently damaging consequences of someone else’s neglect, our catastrophic injury team fights to hold wrongdoers accountable for their part in causing pain and injury.
火车、卡车和公共汽车的伤害
五颜六色的大米的律师们有这方面的知识, 研究经验和资源, 诉讼和解决涉及火车的案件, 商用卡车和公共汽车相撞. We represent victims and victims' family members in personal injury and wrongful death lawsuits seeking accountability and compensation.
五颜六色的大米 is positioned to handle the legal, technical and financial aspects of many types of transportation-related case and our attorneys have litigated numerous complex transportation lawsuits. We’ve worked with experts and incident re-creation specialists to build the strongest cases possible for our clients.
If you or someone you know is interested in seeking legal recourse as a result of a bus, 火车或商用卡车事故, 联系莫特利·赖斯律师和前美国律师.S. Department of 运输 Inspector General 玛丽舒阿佛 或律师 凯文·迪安 拨打1800.768.4026 or 填写此网上表格.
商用卡车伤害
Crashes involving tractor trailers are often complex and crash reconstruction experts are rarely able to name just one cause of the incident. Factors analyzed in the investigation include driver training, 天气状况, 公路状况和交通信号, 还有设计, manufacture and maintenance of the vehicle and its component parts.
巴士相撞乘客受伤
A major cause of bus-related passenger injury is being thrown from a seat or ejected. The main safety protection in buses is called ‘compartmentalization,’ designed to keep passengers in the seat compartment if the bus sustains an impact or rolls over. 然而, compartmentalization has not proven effective enough protection in some cases involving bus and motorcoach passengers, 包括旅游巴士.
火车事故伤害
Our firm has experience representing people harmed in commuter train crashes as well as helping family members with wrongful death cases involving 铁路 tragedies. Our firm also has experience handling property damage cases related to 铁路 incidents.
In 2014, the Federal Railroad Administration (联邦铁路局) identified human errors and track flaws as 火车失事的两个主要原因. 根据 联邦铁路局, these two factors alone account for more than 70 percent of all train accidents.
航空受伤
In addition to our ground transportation case work, our attorneys have extensive experience litigating aviation cases that seek to protect the rights of both passengers and crew members, including representing victims in a variety of plane disasters that occurred both in the U.S. 和国外. Our aviation team is also recognized for bringing one of the largest aviation cases in history on behalf of 9/11 victims and their families.
火车，卡车和公共汽车碰撞资源
运输部(DOT)
美国运输部负责监管美国交通运输业.S. transportation systems that are intended to be efficient, accessible, safe and convenient.
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA)
FMSCA creates and enforces regulations involving large trucks and buses.
联邦运输管理局
自由贸易协定提供监管, technical assistance and financial resources intended to provide technologically advanced public transportation.
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA)
NHTSA的成立是为了拯救生命, prevent injuries and reduce economic costs due to road traffic crashes through education, 研究, 安全标准及执行.
National 运输 Safety Board (NTSB)
An independent federal agency, the NTSB is charged with investigating every civil accident in the U.S. 涉及航空, 高速公路, 铁路, 海运和管道运输系统, and issuing safety recommendations aimed at preventing future accidents.