Utah Bus Accident Guide

If you’ve been involved in a bus accident in the state of Utah, it’s important that you hire the right attorney. The right attorney, in that case, is somebody who has experience dealing with bus crashes, is able to understand the regulations, understands how the bus company operates, and has an understanding of the different states that they operate in and how those crashes occur.

It’s also very important in those cases that you get somebody who’s a trial lawyer. With a number of people involved in a bus crash, insurance companies have a hard time settling those individually, so you’re going to end up in trial more often than not. You need to have somebody who the insurance company knows is willing to go to trial as well.

When someone has been seriously injured in a bus accident in the state of Utah, one of the common mistakes that we see regularly are people not seeking the medical care that they need to heal from their injuries. If you have been injured, it’s important that you get in to see a doctor as quickly as you can, so that you can begin the process of making a physical recovery. Number two is to not follow the recommendations of your doctor. If a doctor has suggested that you do something, it’s important that you follow that doctor’s recommendations.

Number three is not hiring an attorney early on in the case. An attorney can step in, organize your case, help you avoid some of the pitfalls and the common mistakes that people make, and make sure that your case progresses smoothly. Mistake number four is not hiring an attorney who is a trial attorney. Insurance companies know who the trial attorneys are, and those cases are treated differently than the cases that are being run by attorneys who are not trial attorneys. It’s important that the attorney that you hire understands the court system and is willing to take your case to trial.

If you have been injured by a bus in the state of Utah, we recommend that you do the following: First, you need to get in to see a doctor to seek medical care for any injuries that you have. You need to understand what your injuries are and what you need to do to make a full, physical recovery from them. Second, we recommend that you hire an attorney as quickly as you can. You want an attorney who can step in and handle the communications with the insurance carrier, help your case progress smoothly, and help you avoid some of the pitfalls that we see people step into when they do not have an attorney.

Third, you need to make sure that the attorney you hire is a trial attorney, especially when you’re dealing with these larger corporations. They know who the trial attorneys are, and they know who is going to hold them accountable and take them to a jury verdict, and they will be treated differently than an attorney that does not take cases to a jury verdict.

If you’re trying to figure out what a bus injury case is worth, understand that that’s a very tough question to answer. Some of the things that need to be looked at are the severity of the injury, the length of time that you suffer from the injury, how well you recover, and how well you’re able to get back to work and do the things that you love to do. These are all things that are very difficult to know at the beginning of a case and develop as the case goes along.

If you have been injured by a bus in the state of Utah, there are some differences that are important that our clients need to be aware of. First, buses are typically much larger than the objects or the vehicles that they strike, and so the forces are different. You need to understand what those forces are and how that impacts the type of injuries that you sustain and how severe those injuries are.

Second, you’re typically dealing with a corporate policy, which typically carry higher insurance limits, so there usually is a greater amount of insurance to cover the injuries you sustain. A third issue is, lots of times, buses are owned by either states or cities, or municipalities or school districts, which are governmental agencies, and if the bus that injured you is owned by a governmental agency, there are different rules that apply. You have a shorter amount of time to bring a claim. There are certain steps you have to take, and if you fail to take any of those steps, you could lose your right to make a claim.

If you’ve been injured in a bus accident in the state of Utah, you might get asked to give a recorded statement to insurance adjusters, insurance attorneys, or their representatives. You are not required to do that. I would recommend that you talk to an attorney before you give any kind of recorded statement. The reason I do that is because they’re going to ask the questions, and they’re going to control the conversation in the way that they want to, and they’re going to try to indicate that you’re not hurt or if you are hurt, you’re not as hurt as you think you are, or you’re doing better, or you did something in the crash that you shouldn’t have been doing. Their entire purpose is to say the value of your case is not what it’s really worth.

I’m often asked, “How long will it take for my bus accident injury claim to settle in the state of Utah?” The answer to that question depends on a number of factors. The biggest factor is usually what type of injuries were sustained and how long it’s going to take you to heal and recover from those injuries. Some injuries are minor, and you can make a very quick recovery; other injuries are more severe and require more time and medical care to make a recovery.

Once you have reached a stable point, we then request the bills and the records from your medical providers, and we compile those and use those to make a demand to the insurance company for fair compensation. In many cases, we’re able to reach and negotiate a settlement with the insurance company. However, in some cases, if an insurance company is unwilling to make a full and fair settlement offer, we would then file litigation on your case.

Understand that we are always pushing to settle your case as quickly and aggressively as we can, however, at the same time knowing that you only get to settle this case one time. If you settle your case, you don’t get to come back and ask for more later on.

If your child was injured on a school bus, whether or not your child can bring a claim depends on a number of factors. First, we need to do an investigation and try to determine what the cause of the injury was. Was it caused by the bus driver? Was it caused by the school itself? Was it caused by another student that was on the bus?

The second thing that needs to be understood is that schools usually are covered by governmental immunity, and the amount of time that your child has to bring a claim against the school could be shortened, and several steps need to be followed in order to be able to bring a claim against a school district.