Public Transportation Accidents

Many individuals take public transportation; that may include trains, taxicabs, buses, airplanes, ferries, subways, or water taxis, whether it is for pleasure or to commute to work. No matter what your reason is for the use of public transportation, the law is requisite to modes of public transportation to use the most careful degree when transporting men, women, and children.

As attorneys for public transportation accidents, personal injury attorneys commit to hold liable agencies and operators for sustained injuries by bystanders and passengers. Skillful and esteemed attorneys can discuss your accident via public transportation with you.

Individuals have legal rights, namely pertaining to passengers, to seek legal assistance for public transportation accidents.

When there is an occurrence of a public transportation accident, the incident may include hundreds of passengers or just one passenger.

Insurers or operators of the public transport, frequently, make attempts to resolve cases rather quickly by providing a low settlement amount to injured passengers for sustained injuries as an attempt to refrain from protracted litigation.

Whether it is a boat, airplane, bus, or train accident, involved companies are usually large entities or corporations which are vastly insured, and may have laws specifically applicable to the company.

Thus, it is to the best interest of that individual to be represented by a lawyer who can defend his or her rights to recover damages based on particular injuries and financial compensation, as well as to comply with the law applicable.

According to the most recent research, buses solely result in annual injuries that amount to approximately 20,000.


The majority of public transportation is considered to be safe in comparison to passenger motor vehicles; however, thousands of individuals sustained injuries or get killed per year.

When these public transportation accidents are the result of negligence on behalf of the transportation companies, representation by a lawyer is the only way to make certain passengers recover financial damages for losses or injuries.

Incurred injuries due to the use of public transportation can be complicated further by the fact that several modes of public transportation are managed by governmental, or quasi-governmental agencies which have specific laws that must be adhered to strictly to proceed.

These entities all have precise laws that apply to them, and particular requirements that are set forth, which must be adhered to prior to the filing of a lawsuit.

These entities, in several cases, are safeguarded by statute of limitations that are shorter, which is requisite to a lawsuit filed as opposed to a routine accident legal case.

Any neglect to comply with the regulations can cause dismissal of your legal case, and may even be a bar to the pursuit of your damages for your sustained injuries. You don’t have to go at this alone.

You should contact a personal injury attorney immediately who has skills, resources, and knowledge to make certain your legal rights are protected; you want to receive every aspect of financial damages which may be entitled to you and/or a loved one.

Contact us for a free consultation or call Anzalone Law Firm PLLC, at: 603.548.3797.