TriMet deaths = lawsuits
The tragic TriMet crash in April that killed two women and injured several others has prompted the victims’ families to sue TriMet and Sandi Day, the bus driver behind the wheel. Victim Jeneé Hammel’s mother, through her attorney Roscoe C. Nelson, intend to sue the transit agency and driver for wrongful death. Victim Danielle Sale’s father, as well as survivor Robert Erik Gittings, also revealed plans to sue TriMet.
The accident happened late at night as the bus made an illegal left turn. The bus entered a crosswalk and ran over five pedestrians, killing two. Though a grand jury found driver Day innocent of criminal wrongdoing, it did cite her for six traffic violations. Day has not returned to work at TriMet since the accident and has been receiving workers’ compensation. The agency has been analyzing its safety procedures since the accident and has implemented a number of changes to increase safety.
Families have up to a year to file a tort claim notifying their intent to file for wrongful death and up to six months to sue for damages for injuries. For more information, see this article from the Oregonian.
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on Tuesday, August 24th, 2010 and is filed in the Legal, Public Safety categories.
February 5th, 2011 at 12:22 pm
I was injured on a Trimet Bus in June of 2010
. Trimet claims it is not responsible for injury’s of it’s passengers on there. Trimet claims there Driver tryed to avoid hitting some one. They say if some one gets hurt as result they are not responsible. I am currently waiting for arbitration hearing and have filed a law suit. Do i have a class??? Thank You……Kevin Chard…..kchard001@gmail.com