August 10, 2023
A school bus company is asking a Pennsylvania federal court to throw out claims that a child was injured when a driver braked suddenly to discipline students, saying the evidence can't overcome a "jerk and jolt" doctrine by showing the incident was anything besides the normal movement of a bus.
May 01, 2023
A school bus company told a Pennsylvania federal court that a family had no evidence that the company's drivers had a pattern of suddenly braking buses to punish misbehaving passengers, and thus hadn't met the standard needed to delve into the company's wealth when pursuing punitive damages.
April 15, 2022
A Pennsylvania federal judge rejected a school bus company's request to dismiss a family's personal injury lawsuit over a bus incident in which an abrupt stop left a kindergartner with head injuries and vision loss.