Bus Accidents in California are a unique type of case for a personal injury lawyer or bus accident attorney. The injuries are different from those suffered in other types of personal injury accidents, the passengers are less protected than persons injured in auto or car accidents, and bus accident lawyers often find themselves dealing with cities or other public entities instead of with an individual’s insurance companies.
If you have been injured in a bus accident anywhere in Southern California, the circumstances will invariably be more complex for your bus accident lawyer to resolve and it is therefore advisable that you hire an attorney experienced with bus accidents, whether you live in the San Diego, Los Angeles or Orange County areas, in Riverside or San Bernardino or for that matter, anywhere throughout Southern California.
Special rules apply in dealing with public entities that often own or operate bus companies. Whether you have been injured while on board a bus in traffic, or have been injured boarding or leaving a bus, you need to retain a bus accident lawyer that knows the law in California and will represent your best interests. Sebastian Gibson is just such a lawyer.
California bus accident attorney Sebastian Gibson has represented bus accident victims throughout southern California, in the desert area of Palm Springs and Palm Desert and numerous other cities and counties within the state.
Sebastian Gibson's school bus victim clients, as an example, have included school children on field trips and victims hit by negligent school bus drivers, and even wheelchair victims on city busses. In such cases where the bus is owned by a public entity an injured victim has only six months to meet the first hurdle in the litigation system in California. A claim against a public entity must be filed within 6 months of the accident. A lawsuit must then be filed against the public entity within 6 months after the public entity denies your claim. As most claims are routinely denied, the bus accident victim must meet both of these requirements and meet them on time if he or she is to preserve their rights.
Don't fall for the unscrupulous actions of bus company adjusters or their risk managers who will try to get you to settle your case for much less than it is worth with an attorney. Call Southern California bus accident lawyer Sebastian Gibson today for a free bus accident injury consultation in your home or hospital.
