Gambling Tour Bus Injuries – Injury Attorneys

According to the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG), approximately 15% of all Americans gamble at least once per week. This is a significant portion of the population. Although many people enjoy the thrill of gambling, it can be difficult for some to reach casinos due to issues with transportation.

Over the years, many companies have started offering service to facilitate gambling and access to casinos for enthusiasts. Specifically, these companies offer transportation via tour bus to casinos. These tour bus companies typically work with casinos to bring in clients; they often receive a set rate based on the number of people transported to the casinos.

In many cases, the trips offered by these tour bus companies are same-day trips. This allows gambling enthusiasts to be picked up and dropped off at the same location after spending the day gambling at a casino. These gambling tour bus companies make it easy for gambling aficionados to visit gambling hotspots without having to worry about making complicated travel arrangements or even have to worry about hotel/motel accommodations (trips are usually same-day trips).

Without a doubt, this arrangement seems beneficial to all parties involved – gambling fanatics can get easy access to casinos, casinos get more clients which represent more revenue, and gambling tour bus companies get a hefty amount of cash for every trip they book. However, many things can go wrong.

As previously mentioned, gambling tour bus companies get paid based on the number of people they can get to the casinos; therefore, they are motivated to complete as many trips as possible to simply cash out. With all their focus on getting paid, these tour bus companies often forget that they still owe their clients a duty of care.

What types of accidents would you expect to occur on tour buses? Typically, we expect vehicular accidents. However, it is never expected to suffer trip and falls, slip and falls, or incidents associated with broken seats and defective doors, for instance. These incidents can happen – and they happen the bus is not even in motion. These incidents are typically directly associated with the negligence of the gambling tour bus company.

Did you suffer an incident inside a gambling tour bus? If the incident in which you were involved resulted in harm, you might be eligible to pursue a claim against the gambling tour bus company. You might even be eligible to receive monetary compensation for the harm suffered (based on the details surrounding your claim).

If you suffered a personal injury accident while on board a gambling tour bus, you might be interested in learning more about your right to sue and receive compensation for the harm suffered. If so, you should seek legal assistance immediately – you could trust the personal injury attorneys at Normandie Law Firm. At Normandie Law Firm, our lawyers have many years of experience handling all sorts of personal injury claims, always fighting for the rights of victims and their families. For more information about your right to sue and to learn more about holding the tour bus company accountable for the harm that you suffered, do not hesitate to contact our law firm today.

Personal Injuries on Gambling Tour Buses

Without a doubt, anytime that a person enters a vehicle which is driven on the road, there is the risk that the vehicle could be involved in an accident – regardless of the safety precautions taken. Although no one wants to be in a vehicular accident, the expectation is there and an incident wouldn’t be surprising.

However, incidents can occur on board tour buses even without any driving or collision involved. These accidents could cause significant harm.

Some of the incidents that unsuspecting parties could suffer as soon as they set foot on gambling tour buses include the following:

• Slip and falls – anything like spills, slippery surfaces, leaks, or wet floors could result in slip and fall accidents.
• Trip and falls – a variety of hazards, including torn carpeting, uneven flooring (or surfaces), changes in flooring, and steps/stairs could contribute to trip and fall accidents.
• Defective doors – faulty or defective doors could close on unsuspecting parties as they are entering or exiting the bus.
• Broken seats – unmaintained or defective bus seats could suddenly collapse under the weight of passengers, causing them to fall unexpectedly.
• Falling objects – the doors on overhead storage spaces, the personal belongings (luggage) in overhead storage spaces, and metal overhead bars (to allow passengers to hold on while walking) can suddenly fall onto passengers.

Slip and falls, trip and falls, defective bus doors, broken bus seats, and falling objects can all cause significant injuries to occupants of the gambling tour bus.

Although every incident is different, affected parties could experience some of the following injuries: head injuries, traumatic brain injuries, neck injuries, back injuries, spinal cord injuries, fractures, pelvic injuries, shoulder injuries, knee injuries, sprains/strains, nerve injuries, ligament injuries, and lacerations, for example. If you suffered any type of harm on a gambling tour bus, your harm might have been caused by the negligent actions of the gambling tour bus company. This means that you might have grounds to pursue a claim against the company for the harm that you or a member of your family suffered.

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Who is Liable for Tour Bus Incidents?

Who is liable for the harm suffered in tour bus accidents? Depending on the details surrounding the incident, the tour bus company could be liable. These gambling tour buses are considered common carriers. Common carriers transport people in exchange for a specific fee.

As common carriers, these gambling tour buses have the duty to do many things to keep their passengers safe. They must provide their passengers with a safe vehicle, warn passengers of any known hazards present on the bus, and do what’s necessary to protect passengers from harm, for instance.

So, these tour bus companies owe their passengers a duty of care. When they breach their duty of care, they can contribute to incidents that can cause harm, which can make them liable on the basis of negligence. That is, if the company wouldn’t have been negligent or reckless, the incident wouldn’t have happened, and the victim wouldn’t have been harmed.

What are some examples of a breached duty of care relative to tour bus incidents? Consider the following:

• Faulty equipment due to failure to maintain
• Failure to keep up with maintenance and repairs
• Failure to warn passengers of steps common near the doors of buses
• Failure to clean up spills or address leaks
• Failure to tighten screws and bolts on equipment

If the harm that you suffered was a direct result of a breach of duty, the tour bus company might be liable for the harm that you suffered. For more information about liability for tour bus incidents, do not hesitate to seek legal assistance with our experts at Normandie Law Firm as soon as possible.

Your Right to Sue and Recover Monetary Compensation

If the harm that you suffered was caused by the negligence of the tour bus company, you will likely have grounds to sue. Depending on the details surrounding your tour bus injury accident claim, you might be eligible to recover compensation for the harm that you suffered.

You could recover monetary compensation for some of the following:

• Medical bills
• Lost earnings
• Pain and suffering
• Loss of consortium
• Funeral/burial costs
• Punitive damages

The specific type and amount of compensation that you could be eligible to receive will always be based on the details surrounding your claim; because of that, we always recommend discussing your claim with an attorney to ensure that you have a thorough understanding of the compensation that you might be eligible to receive upon a successful claim outcome.

If you would like to learn more about the type and amount of compensation that you might be eligible to receive if your gambling tour bus accident claim reaches a successful outcome, do not hesitate to contact our law firm at your earliest convenience. Our lawyers are ready to aggressively fight for your right to recover the maximum amount of compensation available for your claim. When you allow our firm to handle your claim, you can be certain that there will always be someone aggressively fighting for your right to recover the compensation to which you are entitled.

Important Steps to Follow after Your Incident

Unfortunately, many people significantly reduce their possibility of filing a successful claim and recovering compensation by failing to act appropriately immediately after their accidents. What should you do after being harmed in a gambling tour bus injury?

You should consider the following recommendations:

• Photograph all injuries suffered
• Photograph the hazard that caused the accident (before it is addressed)
• Report the incident and the harm suffered to the bus driver as well as the gambling tour bus company – make a written report if possible
• Seek medical care for all injuries suffered
• Do not accept any offers of refunds or free trips (or any sort of compensation) from the tour bus company without first seeking legal assistance
• Gather witness information
• Identify whether there are surveillance cameras on board the bus that likely captured your accident
• Collect identifying information relevant to the bus (license plate number, bus number, etc.)
• Gather all relevant medical records
• Seek legal assistance from an experienced personal injury attorney

When you follow the different steps listed above, you are essentially preparing to file your claim. If you would like to learn more about the specific things that you should do immediately after being harmed in a tour bus incident, do not hesitate to contact our lawyers immediately. Our lawyers will guide you every step of the way.

File Your Claim Promptly

Without a doubt, you will likely have the right to sue if the harm that you suffered was a result of the negligent actions of a gambling tour bus company. However, you could lose your right to sue if you fail to take the appropriate action within the allotted length of time.

All claims are subject to a deadline – specifically to a statute of limitations. A statute of limitations establishes the length of time that claimants have to file their claims. If claimants fail to file their claims within the timeframe established by the applicable statute of limitations, claimants could lose their right to sue (and their right to receive monetary compensation).

What deadline applies to your claim? Typically, personally injury claims in California are subject to a two-year statute of limitations, meaning that claimants have two years to file. As mentioned above, failing to file on time could result in losing the right to sue. However, certain exceptions to the applicable deadline could apply; these exceptions could pause the deadline (exceptions are based on very specific case details).

To ensure that you have the most precise information surrounding the deadline that applies to your claim, it is essential that you seek legal assistance immediately. Our lawyers are ready to help you understand the total length of time that you have to pursue your claim.

Contact Normandie Law Firm’s Injury Lawyers Today

When you decided to go on a trip provided by a gambling tour bus company, you were likely thinking of how much you could benefit from the convenience of it all. However, you likely never considered the possibility that the physical bus in which you were intended to travel would pose a hazard to you and other passengers. If you suffered harm on board one of the many gambling tour buses operated by gambling tour bus companies, you might be interested in taking legal action. Depending on the details surrounding your claim, you might have grounds to sue and receive compensation for the harm that you suffered.

If you are in need of legal assistance, it is essential that you contact the experts at Normandie Law Firm. At our firm, our lawyers have many years of experience handling all sorts of claims and are ready to provide you with the legal guidance that you need to successfully pursue your claim. To ensure that all affected parties have access to our expertise, our firm offers free legal services – which include free consultations and free second opinions. During our free consultations and free second opinions, our lawyers will be available to answer all your questions and address all your concerns – ensuring that you have all the information that you need to file your injury claim. To benefit from our free legal services, do not hesitate to contact our law firm immediately.

Our firm offers a Zero-Fee guarantee that ensures that our clients will never be required to pay any upfront legal fees for any of our legal services. This means that you can contact our firm without having to worry about paying expensive legal fees. Our firm is also strictly based on contingency; therefore, our clients will never be required to pay anything until after a successful claim outcome is reached. If their claims are unsuccessful, clients will not be required to pay anything.

If you are ready to discuss your gambling tour bus injury claim with the personal injury lawyers at Normandie Law Firm, do not hesitate to contact our firm at your earliest convenience.

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