Bethesda, Maryland Bus Accidents Lawyers

Perhaps because they tend to be driven by professionals, buses are rarely involved in accidents. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, bus accidents represented just 0.5% of all fatal accidents in 2007, and just 0.3% of injury accidents. However, when there is a bus crash in Maryland, it tends to be very serious because of the number of people a bus can carry. The extremely heavy weight of a bus and the lack of seatbelts or other basic safety measures on most buses may also make a bus accident more serious.

Bus crashes pose a special challenge for Maryland bus accident attorneys because so many buses are owned, operated or hired by government organizations. Federal, state and local government organizations in Maryland have sovereign immunity, a legal theory allowing them to avoid being sued for some injuries and set strict rules for other suits. People who were hurt on a municipal bus, school bus or mass transit bus may sue the government entity responsible for their accidents, but they must follow strict rules to do it, including very short deadlines by which they must notify the organization that they intend to pursue a legal claim. That's one reason why so many experts recommend strongly that injured people get the help of a Maryland bus accident attorney as soon as possible after the accident.

Bus accidents can affect people both inside and outside the bus. In fact, a crash involving a bus and a car, pedestrian or bicyclist can be especially serious because of the large weight difference between buses and most other vehicles on the road. Just like large trucks, buses weigh many times what a passenger car or even an SUV weighs, which means they bring a much greater force to a collision. In an accident, this means the smaller vehicle -- or an unprotected person on foot or on a bicycle -- is almost always very seriously damaged. The result is death or permanent disability for many victims -- regardless of who was at fault.

Our Upper Marlboro personal injury attorneys have successfully represented clients throughout Maryland who suffered serious physical, financial and emotional losses because of another person or organization's carelessness. If you or someone you love was hurt in a bus accident in Maryland, Meng & Alpert can help. To set up a free consultation with our experienced attorneys, please contact us as soon as possible by sending us a message online or calling 1-866-444-6363.

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Upper Marlboro, MD 20773
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From our offices in Maryland, our Bethesda car accident lawyers handle cases throughout the entire state of Maryland, including Southern Maryland and the Eastern Shore of Maryland, including the counties of Montgomery County, Howard County, Prince George’s County, Anne Arundel County and Frederick County, as well as the cities of Bethesda, Rockville, Gaithersburg, Chevy Chase, Silver Spring, Columbia, Ellicott City, Annapolis, Glen Burnie, Bowie, College Park, Greenbelt, Oxon Hill.  also represent individuals injured in car accidents in metropolitan Washington D.C.