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As the number of casinos on tribal lands continues to increase, more and more commercial bus operators are offering day-long, weekend, or even longer charters. Unfortunately, this increase in demand has led some charter operators to “cut a few corners” when it comes to vehicle safety. In this post the casino charter bus accident lawyer at The Doan Law Firm reviews several recent “high profile” casino charter bus accidents and then discusses some of the legal issues related to who…

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its findings ( summary or full report) regarding the May 2016 charter bus accident near Laredo, Texas that took the lives of nine passengers. On this page, the charter bus accident injury at The Doan Law Firm explains the NTSB’s findings and how those findings relate to the potential liability of other charter and tour bus operators whose vehicles and employees may become involved in similar accidents. The Accident The accident vehicle,…

An early morning accident on Interstate 30 near Benton, AR has claimed the life of a Memphis-area youth football league member and injured 45 other team members and their adult chaperones. Memphis-area news sources report that at least two of the injured passengers required hospitalization but that their injuries were not life-threatening. The bus, which had been chartered from Scott Shuttle Service of Somerville (TN), was carrying members of the East Memphis Vikings, an elementary-age youth football team affiliated with…

On other pages of this web site, we have discussed the safety issues that seem to plague the “party bus” and “stretch limousine” businesses. In this post, we are sad to report that a party bus accident in Norfolk, VA has claimed yet another life. According to a press release issued by the Virginia State Police, 37-year-old Kisha Latrice Marrow-Lott of Hampton, VA was aboard a rented “party bus” in the early morning of October 27, 2018 as a member…

Vehicle had a history of safety issues that should have kept it off the road Twenty Albany, NY-area residents are dead following an October 6, 2018 “party bus” accident in Upstate New York near the town of Schoharie. According to police the dead include the vehicle’s driver, 17 passengers, and two pedestrians who were crossing a parking lot when they were struck by the out of control vehicle. Witnesses reported that the vehicle was initially traveling south on New York…