Muni Accidents
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The MUNI injury and public transportation specialists at San Francisco's oldest and best known personal injury law firm are ready to help you. For 2008 we have been ranked number one by Best Lawyers for having the most attorneys of any California firm listed in the specialty area of personal injury. If you were hurt by MUNI, we have successfully handled a case like yours before. We specialize in serious and catastrophic injuries including permanent disability, head injury, limb amputation, brain damage, paralysis and wrongful death. The MUNI accident injury lawyers at Walkup Melodia Kelly and Schoenberger represent passengers and pedestrians, motorists and bicyclists, who have suffered serious injuries because of Bay Area public transportation carelessness. Our team of experienced bus accident injury attorneys has recovered millions of dollars on behalf of victims of transit driver negligence. We handle all MUNI and common carrier negligence cases on a contingent fee basis - you pay a legal fee only if our efforts on your behalf are successful. If you have suffered a serious injury, you need the best: the Walkup team of injury attorneys. Check for yourself. Talk to other lawyers. Look us up in Martindale Hubbell. Ask judges and former clients about our skill and success. See our section on "How We Have Helped" which discusses our positive outcomes in cases where people like you were hurt because of MUNI railway negligence. MUNI runs diesel, electric and natural gas busses on more than 35 routes that criss-cross the City. BART runs more than 100 trains each day. Sam Trans operates busses, trains and specialty vehicles. The Golden Gate Transportation District transports paying passengers in ferry's and busses. Based on statistical data, MUNI bus drivers appear to be getting worse. In 2005 MUNI reported that the number of operators involved in one or more accidents increased by 8 percent over the previous year. The National Transportation Safety Board has severely criticized Mini's driver safety practices and called for a reform. In 1999, auditors from the California Public Utilities Commission found that MUNI did not have adequate safety procedures, and that the safety rules it did have were not being followed. MUNI has a higher accident and injury rate than Los Angeles, Sacramento, or San Diego. As a "common carrier" MUNI is required by law to use the highest degree of care and vigilance to ensure the safety of its passengers. It is also required by California law to provide vehicles that are safe and fit to transport passengers. If you or a loved one has been seriously hurt, or if you have questions about your rights, call the MUNI Accident Lawyers at Walkup Law Offices today. Other lawyers call us for advice on how to successfully prosecute injury claims against MUNI. Let us put our 50 years of experience to work for you. In trial, arbitration and mediation, our record of success is unmatched. Don't delay in contacting our team if you have a valid case - claims against MUNI (and all public transportation providers) must be made within 6 months or your rights will be lost. This is a shorter statute of limitations than for most ordinary injury accidents. Call us today at 415 -981-7210, or, 1-888- SF ATTYS for a free no- obligation consultation. |
Have you or a family member been struck by a Muni bus, trolley, cable car or LRV? Have you or a loved one been injured while a passenger onboard a municipal railway vehicle? Have you been hurt on a private carrier for hire? Has a taxi or truck, private bus, AC Transit or SamTrans vehicle cut you off or violated your right of way? Have you been hit while riding your bike or crossing the street as a pedestrian? Has a public transportation driver or operator failed to stop in a safe place so you could board or exit? Have you been injured getting to or from a place of safety on a transit "island" because you were required to cross dangerous lanes of traffic?
