Legal Question in Personal Injury in Washington

I was on a public bus today and we got hit by a car. It shook the whole bus, I was sitting on the window side where to car hit. I fell towards the ground and just barely caught myself. I am really shaken up. What should I do??


Asked on 6/10/11, 12:31 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Sam Hochberg Sam Hochberg & Associates

If you weren't injured from this crash, there's probably nothing to do. If you were, you should be seen by a medical professional and evaluated. If so, you may have a claim against the car driver who hit the bus, if it was that party's fault. Otherwise, your claim is against the bus company (or the municipality or gov't body that owns it), or both if it was shared fault.

What you want to do is contact the bus company and find out how they are handling it, if you were hurt, or have a personal injury lawyer in your area handle it. Again, if you weren't hurt, if it were me, I'd just chalk it up to an upsetting event.

Good luck!

-- Sam

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Answered on 6/11/11, 5:16 pm


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