Did you suffer injuries in a bus accident in California?
If you have medical bills, lost wages, and/or pain and suffering, you’re going to need the best bus accident lawyers you can find to help you win compensation for your losses. You’ve come to the right place.
Hire our experienced San Rafael bus accident attorneys at Kuvara Law Firm, and we’ll stand up to the insurance company to make sure you get paid.
At Kuvara Law Firm, we offer:
Bus accidents can be catastrophic, leaving victims like you with severe injuries and an uncertain future. Whether you were a passenger on the bus, a pedestrian or bicyclist struck by a bus, or the driver or passenger in another vehicle involved, our accident attorneys can help.
During your free, initial consultation, our lawyers will sit down with you to discuss what happened and who may have caused the accident. We’ll learn more about your injuries and how they impact your life, whether you’re able to return to work, and whether you’re expected to return to your pre-accident state. Next, we’ll talk about your legal options and how best to proceed with your injury claim.
At our law firm, we don’t settle for the evidence provided in police reports or insurance company investigations. Our team conducts our own investigation into your case. We review photos and videos of the accident scene. We look at dashcam footage and footage from nearby security cameras. We talk to witnesses who saw the accident happen. In some cases, we may even consult with accident reconstructionists and other experts to determine liability for your injuries.
When you hire our bus accident lawyers to handle your case, you won’t need to worry about those harassing calls from the insurance company. Our legal team will deal with the insurer on your behalf. We’ll manage all correspondence with their representatives, and we will negotiate with their adjusters to get you a full and fair settlement that covers all of your losses.
Our attorneys will do our best to settle your claim out of court, but sometimes, doing so just isn’t fair to you. If the insurance company refuses to pay you what your bus accident claim is worth, we will go to trial and let the judge and jury decide your case.
Accredited since 2013, our bus accident law firm in San Rafael has an A+ rating from the Better Business Bureau (BBB).
Various parties may be liable for your bus accident. At Kuvara Law Firm, we’ll look at all the evidence and evaluate all possible people and entities who may have played a role in causing your injuries. Common defendants in California bus accident cases include:
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If you played a role in causing the crash, you may still be able to recover compensation for your losses. Since California follows a pure comparative negligence standard, you can file a claim or lawsuit against the other party and recover damages even if you were 99% at-fault for the accident. Your award will simply be reduced in proportion with your percentage of fault. For example, if your losses total $100,000, and you were 50% at fault for your crash, your award would be reduced to $50,000.
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The damages that are available to you if your bus accident claim is successful will depend on the losses you suffered, the parties responsible for the crash, and the sources of recovery that exist. To provide you with an estimate of how much your bus accident case is worth, our attorneys will consider:
Economic damages are financial losses that you’ve incurred, or that you will incur, because of the accident. They include things like your medical bills, the cost of future medical care, and your lost wages and earning capacity.
Non-economic damages are a bit more complicated, because they are not linked to a monetary amount. They include things that are subjective in nature, like your physical pain, emotional trauma, and the inability to enjoy life the way you did before you were hurt.
Punitive damages, also known as “exemplary damages”, are less common in bus accident cases in California. Designed to punish the wrongdoer, they are not based on the victim’s losses, but on the outrageousness of the defendant’s behavior.
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Taking the right steps after a bus accident in California helps protect your wellbeing and your right to recover compensation for your losses. If you were involved in a crash in San Rafael or a surrounding community, our injury lawyers recommend that you do the following:
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Bus accidents can happen for a variety of reasons. In California, the most common causes of these crashes include:
California limits the amount of time injured victims have to take legal action in bus accident cases. This is known as the “statute of limitations” for personal injury cases, including those involving bus accidents. Generally, you only have just two years from the date of your accident to file a personal injury lawsuit if the defendant is a privately-owned bus company or another non-government entity. For cases involving city or county transit authorities, you have just six months to file an administrative claim against the government agency in question. Your ability to file a regular personal injury lawsuit will depend on when the agency responds.
