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Class-Action Lawsuit Filed in Fatal MTA, School Bus Crash

The collision between the MTA bus and the school bus killed six people and injured 10 others in southwest Baltimore on Nov. 1. The attorney representing the victims said they want two main things out of this lawsuit. The victims seek compensation for medical bills, pain and suffering and injuries.


Attorney General Files Lawsuit Against Predatory Law Firm Targeting Grieving Families

Tennessee Attorney General Herbert H. Slatery III on Wednesday announced the filing of a lawsuit against a Texas law firm, its sole attorney, and two investigators working for the firm, in connection with the tragic Woodmore Elementary bus crash. The civil enforcement action, filed in Hamilton County Chancery Court, alleges that the Witherspoon Law Group PLLC, based in Dallas, Tex., has engaged …


Fifth Lawsuit Filed After Fatal Biloxi Bus-Train Collision

A fifth lawsuit was filed Tuesday seeking at least $10 million after a train collided with a bus in Biloxi, Miss. last week, killing four people and injuring 35 others. Hall is suing the bus company, Echo Transportation, the tour company, Diamond Tours, and the train’s parent company, CSX Transportation for negligence and gross negligence and is asking for no less than $10 million in damages …


Twelfth Civil Lawsuit Filed in Woodmore Bus Crash

Woodmore victim profiles A twelfth civil lawsuit has been filed in Circuit Court in connection with the deadly Woodmore Elementary bus crash that killed six children in November. The most recent lawsuit was filed on Tuesday on behalf of Diamond Brown, the mother of 6-year-old D’Myunn Lamar Brown, and claims she “is the only proper party to bring this cause of action for the wrongful death” of …


New Lawsuit Filed in Woodmore Elementary School Bus Crash

A Chattanooga attorney has filed a new civil lawsuit in the Woodmore Elementary school bus crash on November 21st that killed 6 children and injured dozens more. This is the 11th civil lawsuit filed in the case. One federal lawsuit has also been filed.


Durham School Services Responds to Lawsuit, Says Case ‘Must Be Dismissed’

Durham’s response to the federal lawsuit. While acknowledging the tragedy of the fatal Woodmore Elementary school bus crash on Nov. 21, Durham School Services says it should not be held liable in federal court. Durham, the company contracted to provide busing services to Hamilton County Schools, filed a response Thursday …


Orange Unified to Pay $10 Million to Settle Lawsuit Over 2014 Bus Crash

The Orange Unified School District has reached a $10 million settlement with the families of five children injured in a 2014 school bus crash in Anahim Hills, a law firm announced Tuesday. Several children were seriously injured when bus driver Gerald Rupple passed out and smashed the coach into a tree while driving 11 children home from El Rancho Charter Middle School. Rupple, now 27, is …


Third Lawsuit Says Bus Crash Causes Child to Suffer Disfigurement, Brain Injury

A minor will suffer from disability, disfigurement and a traumatic brain injury because of the deadly Woodmore Elementary school bus crash, according to a third lawsuit filed Monday in connection with the tragedy. “It is heartbreaking whenever children are involved, especially when the crash was as preventable as this one appears to be,” Joseph …


Appeals Court Rejects Nevada Patient Dumping Lawsuit

A federal appeals court rejected a lawsuit Friday that accused Nevada officials and the state psychiatric hospital in Las Vegas of violating patients’ civil rights by giving them bus tickets and dumping them in other states. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a 2-1 decision said it could not consider the merits of the suit because the plaintiff, James Flavy Coy Brown, failed to raise a …


Attorney Adds Bus Driver, Casino to Fatal Rollover Lawsuit

Five survivors of the fatal bus rollover May 14 are expanding their lawsuit to include the Eagle Pass casino and the bus coordinator. The original lawsuit included only two survivors and named OGA Charters, of San Juan, as the sole defendant. An amended petition filed Saturday adds three plaintiffs and includes Kickapoo Lucky Eagle Casino; Porfirio Aguirre, the bus driver; and Elvia Estrada, a …