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Georgia School Bus Injuries and Sovereign Immunity
When my children were riding a bus to elementary school every day, like most parents I trusted the school bus driver to deliver them safely to school and back to our neighborhood. Usually that is what happens as school buses are generally considered the safest means of transporting children to and from school.
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Atlanta bus crash tragedy leading to new standards for road signs and bus safety
Bluffton University baseball team bus crash in Atlanta (March 2007) helped bring about new US standards for highway signage and motor coach passenger protection.
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Supreme Court rules state law claim not preempted by FDA approval of drug warnings
Wyeth decisions holds FDA approval of drug warnings does not preempt state law claims.
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Trucker on cell phone crashes into school bus, kills a child
A Florida truck driver admitted that he was on his cell phone yesterday when he slammed into a school bus, killing a 13-year-old student. According to a report by Austin Miller of the Ocala Star-Banner, the school bus, which had stopped to let children off , had its warning lights on and stop signs out. … Continue Reading
New federal evidence rule on inadvertent disclosures
The new Federal Rule of Evidence 502 deals with inadvertent disclosures of privileged information, especially in the context of electronic discovery.
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Tour bus seat belt legislation blocked … again
Forty years after NTSB recommended requiring seat belts on buses, the industry has again blocked legislation to require them.
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Dump truck hits school bus in Kentucky, kills student
Dump truck – school bus crash in Kentucky highlights safety issues in two realms.
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Florida bus accident illustrates need for seatbelts in buses
Federal Motor Carrier Safety Standards in the U.S. do not require buses to have either seat belts (except for the driver) or laminated glass in side windows that would prevent passenger ejection. If the manufacturers spent as much on safety as they do on lobbyists, a lot of lives could be saved. Almost anywhere else in the world, the same buses would have seat belts for all passengers.
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Truck-bus collision in NC injures 50
A Greyhound bus and a tractor-trailer collided Wednesday near Henderson, NC. The bus plunged down an embankment and overturned, injuring at least 29 people. The bus was traveling from Richmond, Va., to Raleigh on U.S. 1 when it collided with the tractor-trailer as a tractor-trailer ahead of it made a turn and the bus failed … Continue Reading
Bus safety legislation introduced
The Bluffton University baseball team bus crash last March in Atlanta has led to the introduction of bipartisan legislation in Congress to tighten motor coach safety rules. Introduced by U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D., Ohio) and Kay Bailey Hutchison (R., Texas), the proposed the Motorcoach Enhanced Safety Act of 2007 would require:
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