Transportation Disaster
Aircraft & Aviation
Airline and civil aviation travel has doubled every ten years since 1980. Yet, few lawyers have experience with domestic and international aviation cases. Santoro & Gray has that experience.
From mid-air collisions to plane crashes to aviation product failures and airport injuries, you will find answers to this specialized litigation with us. Since 1991, we have handled cases involving notable incidents as the Pan Am Flight 103 crash in Scotland to the USAir Flight 427 crash in Pittsburgh, to representing flight attendants before the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund, to private plane crashes all over New England, and numerous injuries at Boston Logan International Airport, among many others.
Bus
As travel by cars and planes has steadily increased over the years, bus trips by passengers have decreased – until now, when global warming challenges have returned mass transit to popularity. Whether urban or regional, passenger bus travel reached over 6 billion passenger trips in 2022. Yet, travel on America’s highways is as dangerous as ever, and travel by bus is no different. If you or a family member were seriously injured, whether on the MBTA, on a trip to New York or elsewhere, or even on a school bus, we’ve seen it and have resolved such cases.
Train, Subway, and Commuter Rail
Like it or not, mass transit – whether within, or on the long rails between, our cities – is here to stay. Successfully managing common carrier litigation is less common than one would think. It calls for an in-depth understanding of the interplay between city and state regulation, and the standards of the Federal Railroad Administration.
If you or a family member were severely injured while boarding, traveling on, disembarking, or even just waiting for a subway train, regional transit train, or commuter rail train, we have handled such claims for years and are equipped to guide you.
Vehicle & Trucking Incidents
America is an automobile nation. Since the 1960s, trial lawyers like us are proud to say that our work on behalf of those injured or killed in auto crashes, trucking disasters, and other dangers on our highways, has steadily brought the percentage of fatalities down. Yet, travel and transport via truck and automobile continue to rise each year.
Safety changes from the infamous Ford Pinto fires in the 1970s to driverless vehicle incidents in the 2020s, call for dedicated representation and familiarity not only with drivers and their vehicles but with manufacturers, insurers, highway designers, tunnel and bridge builders, and management.