Man Hit By Bus and Car in Jacksonville Beach, Florida
A pedestrian walking at the intersection of Third Street and Second North Avenue was hit by a car and then a bus, according to an article on News4Jax.com. He was then flown to Shands Hospital with serious injuries from the accident.
It is unclear how or why this particular accident occurred. However, people may ask what happens in a personal injury lawsuit and what claims can be made by a person injured by multiple vehicles? In a case with an injured victim and multiple vehicles, the injured person will make a claim and file a lawsuit against all parties who contributed to the crash. You can be sure that each of those parties is going to point the finger at the others when trying to determine fault for the crash. If the case is going to be settled prior to a trial at some point, the parties will have to come to some sort of agreement as to how to apportion fault and what each defendant will pay for the injured person's damages. If they are unable to do that, the lawsuit will result in a trial where the jury will assign a particular percentage of fault for each party.
For instance, the jury may find that Defendant #1 was 30% at fault, Defendant #2 was 60% at fault and the Plaintiff was 10% at fault. In such a case, each defendant only has to pay for his/her percentage of the damages, and the plaintiff does not get compensated for his/her percentage of fault. For example, if after a trial in the above case the jury determined that the plaintiff's damages were $100,000, Defendant #1 would have to pay $30,000, Defendant #2 would have to pay $60,000 and the Plaintiff would not be able to recover the $10,000 attributed to him/her.
