The two main components of a personal injury bus accident case are liability and damages. The liability portion of the case goes to fault, or responsibility, for the accident. In most bus accident cases, bus companies and their insurers try to limit their liability exposure to the greatest extent possible.
Proving a Bus Driver’s Negligence
To successfully prove negligence against the driver, the injured party and their dedicated Frisco bus accident attorney must prove that the driver breached a duty of care for their passengers and other drivers on the road. They must also show that this breach resulted in certain injuries and damages. In other words, the injuries and damages suffered must causally relate back to the accident itself. If the bus driver engaged in distracted driving or drove in a careless, reckless, or negligent manner under the circumstances, their behavior may be considered a breach of their duty of care and therefore qualify as negligent. However, if instead the bus driver was driving carefully and did nothing wrong, the plaintiff in a bus accident case must then be able to prove that another motor vehicle driver negligently collided with the bus on which the injured passenger was riding.
