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Greyhound Potentially Liable for Lack of Bus Seatbelts
West News • July 2, 2009
A Federal Court judge in Sacramento, Calif., has ruled that Greyhound could be liable for failing to put seatbelts on its buses. In this case, the plaintiffs were eight passengers who were ...
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Subject: Leave the Driving to Us
Following Enterprise Risk Management principles would have determined that the prudent course of action - installing safety devices - would have reduced the potential for financial liability.
Foregoing the cost of retrofitting each seat (at what, maybe $50 or $2,000 per bus and I'm probably wrong) and they wind up with the potential for being sued millions and billions of dollars.
School bus operators should likewise get with the program. Use some common cents.