I just read that a federal study shows that bus-pedestrian crashes are more than 2x as likely to occur during left hand turns. The federal study on bus left hand turns certainly with impact the Tri Met wrongful death claims of the two Portland Oregon pedestrians killed recently by a Tri Met bus when they attempted to cross the street in a marked crosswalk with the walk signal on.

I just heard on the radio about a Tri Met bus striking and tragically running down two pedestrians and seriously injuring another in downtown Portland Oregon. Wrongful death suits will follows as it would appear from the preliminary facts I have now read that the Tri Met driver is likely at fault so it would appear.

Wrongful death suits involving Tri Met involve questions of appropriate driver care and issues get more complex because of the common carrier statutes and governing law. Having handled perhaps as many as 20 cases against Tri Met over the last eighteen years I foresee a drawn out fight but if handled in the appropriate manner can be resolved to achieve the ends wished by the wrongful death recipient family