MUNI / BART / SAM Trans Injuries

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San Francisco Public Transportation Injury Attorneys

Hundreds of people are seriously injured each year either by or on public transportation, also known as "common carriers." Common carriers are individuals or organizations that charge to carry passengers or systems or equipment that carries passengers as part of a business operation open to the public. The following are recognized as common carriers:

• Planes
• Buses (MUNI, SAMTRANS, Golden Gate Transit, Greyhound, Casino)
• Ferries (Red and White fleet)
• Taxis (Blue and Gold fleet)
• Trains (BART, CALTRAIN)
• Trolleys
• Cable cars
• Sight-seeing trolleys, boats, and buses
• Ski lifts
• Elevators
• Escalators
• Movable walkways
• Airport shuttles (Super Shuttles)
• Mule trains (to base of grand canyon etc)
• Amusement park rides (under review by Cal. Supreme Court)
• Van pools
• Stagecoaches
• Jitneys

These common carriers are required by law to use the highest degree of care and vigilance to ensure the safety of their passengers. They also are required under the law to provide vehicles that are safe and fit to transport passengers. This is a much higher duty than that required of a normal motorist, who is only required to use "reasonable care." (For more information, read a lengthy article written by attorney Christopher B. Dolan describing common carrier laws.

The attorneys of the Dolan Law Firm has handled hundreds of cases for people injured by on elevators, escalators, movable walkways, airplanes, MUNI, BART, SAMTRANS, Golden Gate Transit, Ferry Services, Yellow Cabs, Luxor Cabs, DeSoto Cabs, elevators, escalators, and countless other common carriers. Our lawyers work on a contingency fee basis; if we do not recover an award for you, you owe us nothing.

In one case, Christopher Dolan helped secure a $113,000 jury verdict for a MUNI bus passenger injured slipping and falling on a plastic bag that had not been cleaned away. (Visit our verdicts and settlements page to read about other cases handled by Chris Dolan and his team of lawyers.) Common carriers have a heightened duty responsibility to provide the following;

• Extra help for elderly and disabled passengers;
• Disabled and elderly seating;
• A seat for every passenger (except for municipal buses);
• They can not overcrowd vehicles;
• They must keep their equipment in excellent working condition
• They must keep their equipment free from debris;
• They must not damage baggage;
• They can't start and stop suddenly or drive erratically.
• They must discharge passengers in a place of safety and at their destination;
• They must keep regular schedules;
• They must protect passengers from violent acts of other passengers.

Someone involved in an accident on or hurt by a common carrier has the right to recover damages for their injuries. The Dolan Law Firm has recovered millions for their clients injured by and / or on taxis, buses, trains, and airplanes. The owners of these services must be held accountable when their for-profit services cause injury through an act of negligence. Contact our lawyers for a free evaluation of your claim.

SINCE MANY COMMON CARRIERS ARE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES, THERE ARE VERY LIMITED TIME FRAMES FOR FILING A CLAIM. CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION ON STATUTES OF LIMITATIONS.

From our offices in San Francisco, our public transportation injury attorneys represent clients injured in or by airplanes, BART, MUNI, cable cars, ferries, excursion boats, and taxi cabs, elevators, movable walkways, escalators, ski lifts, casino buses, airport shuttles, vanpools, stagecoaches, jitneys, etc. We work throughout the California Bay Area, including Oakland, San Jose, Alameda, Santa Cruz, Berkeley, Walnut Creek, Hayward, Richmond, Marin, San Rafael, Santa Rosa, Petaluma, Fremont, Santa Clara County, Alameda County, Marin County, Contra Costa County, and San Mateo County.

The Dolan Law Firm
1438 Market Street
San Francisco, California 94102

Phone: 415.421.2800
Toll Free: 888.424.5352
Fax: 415.421.2830
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