San Francisco Bus Accident Lawyers
Fighting for Bay Area Residents Injured in Bus Crashes
If you or a loved one has been injured in a Bay Area bus accident, you may hold the at-fault party financially responsible. To give your claim the best chance for success, it is best to work with a lawyer who has high-level experience litigating bus accident cases.
A San Francisco bus crash attorney with proven results, like those at Wisner Baum, can help secure maximum compensation for you and send a strong message to any negligent parties that they must not put profit ahead of safety.
Call (415) 873-4775 for a no-cost, no-obligation consultation with our bus accident attorneys in San Francisco.
Pursuing Compensation After a Bus Crash
Our Bay Area bus accident lawyers represent victims of a variety of accidents, such as those involving:
- Muni or city buses
- Charter buses
- Party buses
- School buses
- Tour buses
- Greyhound, Amtrak, and other travel buses
For any bus accident case, the victim will need to prove that another party’s negligence led to the crash. They must also show that their injuries and damages were a direct result of the accident.
Negligence in bus accident cases often includes:
- Driving while drowsy
- Drunk or impaired driving
- Distracted driving
- Transporting too many passengers
- Speeding or other types of reckless driving
- Driving a bus with defective parts/in poor maintenance
Wisner Baum accident lawyers know how to investigate, identify, and prove negligence stemming from bus crashes. We have done it successfully for decades.
How a Bus Accident Attorney Can Help You
There are many benefits to working with a legal professional.
For example, a bus accident attorney may:
- Protect you from lowball bus accident settlement offers: Wisner Baum helps clients calculate their financial losses. Understanding the value of your legal case will protect you from insurance companies who sometimes offer lowball settlement agreements to limit liability.
- Protect you from being blamed for the accident: Sadly, it is common for negligent parties to try to blame the accident on the victim. An attorney can fight back against such attempts, protecting you from being cheated out of compensation.
- Identify and prove negligence: Wisner Baum attorneys are known for uncovering evidence of negligence, often through accident reconstruction, research, and collaboration with experts and witnesses. From there, we will prepare for trial and mount the strongest case possible for you and your family.
- Work within legal dates and deadlines: There are deadlines to meet when taking legal action, the most important of which is the statute of limitations. This is the law that dictates how long you have to file a lawsuit. If a city bus, like Muni, is involved, the statute of limitations may only allow you to file a claim within a short amount of time. Other cases give plaintiffs 2 years to act. Whatever deadlines apply to your case, our attorneys will work to ensure you meet them.
Get Started on Your Case Today
Those injured by negligence have a right to pursue compensation. Let the San Francisco bus crash lawyers at Wisner Baum help you exercise this right. Since we opened our doors in 1985, we have won $4 billion in compensation for our clients.
U.S. News – Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms,” Super Lawyers®, The National Trial Lawyers, and the Multi-Million Dollar Advocates Forum® are among the professional publications and organizations to recognize our firm. We have what it takes to win big cases against any opponent, including major bus operators.
Send us a message online to schedule your free consultation. Our San Francisco bus accident attorneys accept cases throughout California and nationwide.
Our Case Results
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$2.0 Billion Verdict Personal Injury
In May of 2019, the jury in the case of Pilliod et al. v, Monsanto Company ordered the agrochemical giant to pay $2.055 billion in damages to the plaintiffs, Alva and Alberta Pilliod, a Bay Area couple in their 70s.
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$289.2 Million Verdict Personal Injury
On Aug. 10, 2018, a San Francisco jury ordered Monsanto to pay $39.25 million in compensatory damages and $250 million in punitive damages to Mr. Johnson, a former groundskeeper who alleged exposure to Monsanto’s herbicides caused him to develop terminal non-Hodgkin lymphoma.
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$265 Million Settlement Fatal Train Crash
In 2016, Wisner Baum attorney Timothy A. Loranger and six other attorneys in the Plaintiffs’ Management Committee were able to secure a $265 million settlement for victims of the 2015 Amtrak 188 derailment in Philadelphia, one of the largest in the U.S. for 2016.
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$105 Million Settlement Pharmaceutical Settlement
Wisner Baum obtained $105 million on behalf of multiple clients involved in a pharmaceutical negligence case.
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$80 Million Verdict Personal Injury
Wisner Baum attorneys served on the trial team in the case of Hardeman v. Monsanto Company, which resulted in an $80 million jury verdict for the plaintiff, Edwin Hardeman.
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$63 Million Settlement Paxil Pediatric Class Action
$63 million pediatric class action re false promotion of Paxil. Judge approves final terms of improved national pediatric paxil class action settlement – consumers get a better deal.
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REVIEWS & TESTIMONIALS
We believe our track record speaks for itself. But you don’t have to take our word for it. See what our clients have to say about working with us.
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"I Can’t Imagine a Better Law Firm"
Multiple lawyers recommended Wisner Baum to me and I have been consistently impressed with the quality of their work.
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"They Are About Changing the Systems..."
Wisner Baum are not only amazing attorneys but more importantly, they are activists. They are about changing the systems which got us into trouble in the first place. They understand their role in the process of making change.
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"Top Legal Minds in the Country"
The Wisner Baum firm has some of the top legal minds in the country; they are driven, determined, trustworthy, ethical and passionate.
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