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Public Transportation Accidents

Public Transportation: Train Accidents and Bus Crashes

Any accident involving a public transportation authority such as BART or Sacramento Regional Transit is likely to raise complex issues concerning public liability, shortened claims periods, and government tort claim requirements, over and above the challenges of proving fault and damages as in any other personal injury case. At the Law Office of David A. Asch, we represent persons injured in accidents involving public and private carriers. For a free consultation about your legal alternatives in cases ranging from school bus accidents to train wrecks, contact us in Sacramento.

Northern California personal injury attorney David Asch represents clients in public transportation accidents involving such vehicles as the following:

  • Amtrak or other passenger trains
  • Taxis, airport shuttles, or limo services
  • Charter buses, school buses, or private buses
  • Commuter rail services
  • Intercity motor coaches
  • Public transit buses in Sacramento, San Francisco, Oakland, and Contra Costa County

In some cases involving public transportation, the defendants are held to a higher standard of care in protecting their passengers and other motorists from injuries caused by negligent operation or maintenance of a bus or rail car. At the same time, the soft tissue injuries characteristic of a school bus accident or low speed limo crash can often be difficult to document and prove.

We work with biomechanical engineers as well as orthopedic and surgical specialists so that the full range of your physical losses is identified and documented for compensation. We can relate damage to particular ligaments, tendons, and joints due to particular force loads generated by the impact of collision. In this way, we can show that a particular injury resulted from the crash with a bus or taxi.

To learn more about our ability to represent your interests effectively in a motor vehicle accident or passenger injury case involving a public transit or railroad defendant, contact personal injury lawyer David Asch for a free consultation in Sacramento.