Ranking as the second-largest bus fleet in all of North America, the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority or MTA transports over a million riders by bus and railway every month. While a study published at the University of Minnesota recently uncovered that the L.A. MTA system is also the third most comprehensive metro system in the country, serious bus accidents can and do happen each year.
Our Los Angeles MTA bus accident lawyers at Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP, have obtained millions of dollars in financial compensation for people who were seriously injured as passengers of Los Angeles MTA buses – or as drivers, pedestrians, or cyclists sharing the road with MTA vehicles. A big part of our success in achieving successful verdicts and settlements in L.A. Metro bus injury claims is our ability to quickly gather and carefully evaluate evidence.
If you were injured while riding an L.A. metro bus, call (866) 634-4525 today to discuss your case.
When you board a Los Angeles MTA bus, you expect that you will be safely transported to your destination by the driver. In general, public transportation is one of the safest ways to travel, as drivers must meet a high standard to operate a public transport vehicle. Because public buses rarely have seatbelts or other occupant safety devices in place, however, even minor collisions can be catastrophic or fatal for passengers.
Bicyclists, pedestrians, scooter riders, and even other vehicle drivers can also sustain life-altering, disfiguring injuries in a bus crash caused by negligence.
At Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP, we have achieved results in MTA bus accident cases involving:
If negligence played a role in your MTA bus accident injuries, you could be eligible to seek damages from the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority and other responsible parties. Of course, this process can often be complicated, and you will need an attorney with experience filing suit against local and government authorities.
When you work with Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP on your bus injury claim, we can rely on an in-house investigative team to gather and preserve physical evidence in a proprietary evidence warehouse. This team collects statements from witnesses, stores damaged vehicles and bikes, and gathers onboard video and data from the MTA vehicle tracking system.
In these cases, onboard videotapes are particularly valuable. In one past case, our client suffered a subdural hematoma (blood in the brain) leading to severe brain damage and paralysis when the bus in which he was riding hit a parked truck. The onboard videotape demonstrated how violently our client had been thrown around inside the bus – and why his injuries were so serious.
While the evidence in that case was compelling, we often need to use models, accident reconstructions, computer simulations and other forms of demonstration to help juries understand how the MTA bus collision occurred.
The Los Angeles MTA bus accident lawyers at Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP, focus on representing people who were seriously injured in MTA rail and bus accidents in Los Angeles County. We also represent family members of those who died in such accidents. Nothing can truly make up for these losses, but by holding negligent bus drivers and operators accountable for their actions, you may be able to find peace of mind for your financial future.
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To discuss your MTA accident claim, contact our Los Angeles law office for a free initial consultation.
Named in Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms,” Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP ranks as Tier 1 Personal Injury Litigation- Plaintiffs in Los Angeles.
Many firm members have been honored by the Consumer Attorneys of California, including Browne Greene, Christine Spagnoli, and Bruce Broillet, recipients of the Marvin E. Lewis Award. In addition, attorneys Bruce Broillet, Scott Carr, Molly McKibben, and Tobin Lanzetta has been honored with the Consumer Attorney of the Year Award.
All of our attorneys are proud to be active members of the Los Angeles County Bar Association or LACBA.
Our attorneys were featured in TopVerdict for having one of the Top 10 Wrongful Death Verdicts in California in 2019, with $15 million won for the plaintiff in Keck v. Bel-Air Bay Club.
Partners Geoff Wells and Ivan Puchalt were both named among the 2025 Consumer Attorney Visionaries by LA Times Studios.
Several partners are active members in the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles, with attorneys Browne Greene, Bruce Broillet, and Christine Spagnoli named “Trial Lawyer of the Year.”
Firm partners Christine D. Spagnoli and Molly McKibben have both been honored by the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles and are active members.
After winning $2.6 million for the plaintiff’s side in a head-on collision case, our victory was named in the Top 50 Personal Injury Verdicts in California in 2019 by TopVerdict.
Several of our partners are members in the American Board of Trial Advocates, a national invite-only association consisting of the most experienced trial lawyers.
Our team includes several Fellows and Associates with the invite-only International Society of Barristers in recognition of their trial advocacy.
Greene Broillet & Wheeler, LLP, was featured by TopVerdict in the Top 100 Settlements across all practice areas in California for 2019.
Bruce A. Broillet and Christine D. Spagnoli are Fellows with the invite-only International Academy of Trial Lawyers, a group of elite trial lawyers from over 30 countries.
Recipients of this recognition are held up to the same standards as for The Best Lawyers in America, but only legal professionals in the first ten years of their careers qualify. Four attorneys at GBW have been recognized with this award in 2021.
Founding partners Browne Greene and Bruce A. Broillet are both members of the exclusive invite-only Inner Circle of Advocates, as two of the top 100 plaintiff trial lawyers in America.
Our firm has more attorneys on the Super Lawyers® and Rising Stars lists than any other law firm in Southern California, with 15 members selected.
