Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 13, 2011 Share #1 Posted June 13, 2011 "Staten Island woman has settled a personal injury lawsuit with NYC Transit for $300,000, her second settlement with the agency in five years. According to court papers, Lydia Batson suffered neck injuries in July 2006 during a collision on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge while riding a Manhattan-bound bus. Her lawyer, Louis Mauriello, tells the Staten Island Advance that the injuries exacerbated a pre-existing condition suffered during another accident in 2003 involving another city bus. He says she filed a personal-injury lawsuit in that case and settled it for about $10,000. He says NYC Transit paid $4,200 and a co-defendant paid the rest. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority declined to comment on the latest settlement." http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/staten_island/staten_island_woman_settles_lawsuit_HmFwI6szLOGltJG3ViBZ8I#ixzz1PC8GE977 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 13, 2011 Author Share #2 Posted June 13, 2011 Third time is a charm... I'm curious though... Where does the money come from to payout these lawsuits? I know they have insurance to cover it, but I'm just wondering if somehow these lawsuits affect us overall by way of fare increases and such?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Y2Julio Posted June 13, 2011 Share #3 Posted June 13, 2011 Third time is a charm... I'm curious though... Where does the money come from to payout these lawsuits? I know they have insurance to cover it, but I'm just wondering if somehow these lawsuits affect us overall by way of fare increases and such?? A public authority funded by tax dollars and ridership fares. what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share #4 Posted June 14, 2011 A public authority funded by tax dollars and ridership fares. what do you think? I asked because somewhere on the forum someone commented about how if a bus is in a fender bender or whatever that the insurance covers it and they mentioned that as if it was no big deal. That's why I asked because I'm curious in knowing how much does that affect fare increases and so forth? It's not something that the talks about and in fact no one talks about it. The answer seems more obvious to you than you may think because you work with the . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova RTS 9147 Posted June 14, 2011 Share #5 Posted June 14, 2011 Maybe someone shouldn't be riding buses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olegkha Posted June 14, 2011 Share #6 Posted June 14, 2011 MTA does not have insurance. They are self insured. Every payout affects fair increase Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
User Posted June 14, 2011 Share #7 Posted June 14, 2011 Let's rip the of all the little bit of money they have!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infamous85 Posted June 14, 2011 Share #8 Posted June 14, 2011 Damn. S/O to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noflexdont Posted June 14, 2011 Share #9 Posted June 14, 2011 i always thought that if you sued the MTA, that you were barred from the system so you could not sue a a second time Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princelex Posted June 14, 2011 Share #10 Posted June 14, 2011 i always thought that if you sued the MTA, that you were barred from the system so you could not sue a a second time Well that's what should have happened in this case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share #11 Posted June 14, 2011 So let's see if anyone is going to answer my question aside from giving me a rhetorical response... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quill Depot Posted June 14, 2011 Share #12 Posted June 14, 2011 This is stupid. These people just are stealing money from the . This needs to be stooped. It's not the (MTA)'s fault for the collision, It's the bus drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Via Garibaldi 8 Posted June 14, 2011 Author Share #13 Posted June 14, 2011 This is stupid. These people just are stealing money from the . This needs to be stooped. It's not the (MTA)'s fault for the collision, It's the bus drivers. lol... That's a dangerous thing to say around these parts... :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B35 via Church Posted June 14, 2011 Share #14 Posted June 14, 2011 This is stupid. These people just are stealing money from the . This needs to be stopped. It's not the (MTA)'s fault for the collision, It's the bus drivers. ...who are MTA employees. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova RTS 9147 Posted June 14, 2011 Share #15 Posted June 14, 2011 This is stupid. These people just are stealing money from the . This needs to be stooped. It's not the (MTA)'s fault for the collision, It's the bus drivers. 1. The bus driver doesn't have to be at fault for the to be considered legally liable for someones injury. If anything, an employee doesn't even have to be involved for the MTA to be considered liable depending on the incident. 2. Since the article is vague on the details of both incidents, I am very curious as to how you came to the conclusion that the bus driver(s) were at fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cartmn1210 Posted June 15, 2011 Share #16 Posted June 15, 2011 lol... That's a dangerous thing to say around these parts... :eek: YES DANGEROUS INDEED! Why is it alway sthe drivers fault? Shit happens sometimes.... but it not always the drivers fault! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LIVEfrom718 Posted June 16, 2011 Share #17 Posted June 16, 2011 Yeah, it's kind of ridiculous to automatically assume that the driver is at fault. It's not so easy when you've got dummies all around you! In Flushing, people get "sucked" underneath buses that are making turns all the time. Now how does that happen?! It's people that aren't paying attention and refuse to give buses the right of way, so they wind up meeting their demise! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nova RTS 9147 Posted June 16, 2011 Share #18 Posted June 16, 2011 Yeah, it's kind of ridiculous to automatically assume that the driver is at fault. It's not so easy when you've got dummies all around you! In Flushing, people get "sucked" underneath buses that are making turns all the time. Now how does that happen?! It's people that aren't paying attention and refuse to give buses the right of way, so they wind up meeting their demise! Or even worse, a bus is parked/stationary and they're running towards it and end up tripping/slipping and ending up under the bus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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