A 34-year-old Illinois woman will receive a $2.2\nmillion settlement after she suffered broken bones and burns when her car collided\nwith a school bus which pulled out at an intersection into her path in 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The victim, Carrie Scheetz, was driving home from work on\na county road in Rock Creek Township on Aug. 31, 2015 when\nthe crash occurred, according to a July 9 story by WGEM News<\/em> of Quincy,\nIllinois. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nschool bus approached the intersection, stopped at a stop sign and then proceeded\nto pull out into the path of Scheetz’s Jeep Wrangler, which was traveling at 82\nmph in a posted 55 mph zone, the report continued. Scheetz said she saw the bus\nbut did not slow down or stop because she did not have a stop sign. The bus was\nbeing driven by Steven Holsted on behalf of the Nauvoo-Colusa Community School\nDistrict No. 325.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After the collision, Scheetz was trapped in\nher Jeep for 12 minutes as it caught fire before a passerby got her out of the\nvehicle, the story continued. She suffered a fractured femur, broken ribs and\nsecond and third degree burns in the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Scheetz sued the bus driver and the school\ndistrict, alleging negligence in connection with the crash and claiming that the\nbus driver failed to keep a proper lookout and did not allow Scheetz to cross\nwhere she had the right of way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Legal cases like this one occur around the\nnation every day and are examples of similar kinds of car crash cases\nthat MyPhillyLawyer<\/em> attorneys regularly work on tirelessly for\nour own clients. Often, we are not able to discuss the cases we are actively\nworking on due to confidentiality requirements, so we discuss other\nrelevant cases in the news such as this one to illustrate the legal situations\npeople find themselves in every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When you need a motorcycle or car accident injury attorney<\/a>, we\nhere at MyPhillyLawyer<\/em> stand ready to assist you with your\nlegal case if you or a loved one is ever seriously injured in any kind of\nvehicle crash, slip and fall, workplace injury or wrongful death in\nPhiladelphia or anywhere in the United States. We pledge to make sure that you\nand your family get the compassionate, dogged and experienced legal\nrepresentation that you deserve and expect from a professional legal team which\nworks hard to uncover every fact to bolster your case and maximize your damage\naward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We represent the families of victims who die\nin such tragedies as well, to ensure that their families receive every penny of\ndamages that they are eligible to receive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Talk to a Philadelphia car crash attorney\nat MyPhillyLawyer<\/em><\/a> by\ncalling 215-227-2727 or toll-free at 1-(866) 352-4572 anytime\nand our experienced, compassionate, aggressive team of attorneys and support\nstaff will be there for you and your family every step of the way as we manage\nyour case through the legal system.<\/p>\n\n\n\n