{"id":3445,"date":"2014-04-03T10:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T15:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/injury.robertkreisman.com\/?p=3445"},"modified":"2019-10-28T10:33:27","modified_gmt":"2019-10-28T10:33:27","slug":"illinois-jury-finds-school-bus-driver-turning-bicyclist-court-orders-new-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-jury-finds-school-bus-driver-turning-bicyclist-court-orders-new-trial\/","title":{"rendered":"Illinois Jury Finds For School Bus Driver Turning Into Bicyclist; Then Court Orders New Trial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;--><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">On Oct. 10, 2008, 12-year-old Ryan Walsh and his cousin were riding their bikes to school at Thompson Junior High School in Oswego, Ill.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>They were traveling northbound on the sidewalk along Boulder Hill Pass.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Ryan was crossing the school\u2019s driveway apron when the defendant school bus full of students made a right turn into the driveway.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>This caused a collision with Ryan and his bike in the crosswalk.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">The impact between Ryan\u2019s bike and the school bus occurred between the bicycle and the passenger side of the bus immediately behind the front tire.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>This caused Ryan to become lodged underneath the bus and be dragged 10-15 feet, according to the bus driver.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ryan sustained a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2776377\/\">right-sided L-5 transverse process fracture<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC2270381\/\">right-sided S-1 fracture<\/a>, puncture wound to the right buttocks, road rash and abrasions to his hands, arms and legs.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>Ryan later developed permanent degeneration of his lumbar spine with a bulging L4-5 disc.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>His medical bills were $49,452.<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robertkreisman.com\/injury-lawyer\/illinois-jury-finds-school-bus-driver-turning-bicyclist-court-orders-new-trial\/#more-3445\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Oct. 10, 2008, 12-year-old Ryan Walsh and his cousin were riding their bikes to school at Thompson Junior High School in Oswego, Ill.\u00a0 They were traveling northbound on the sidewalk along Boulder Hill Pass.\u00a0 Ryan was crossing the school\u2019s driveway apron when the defendant school bus full of students made a right turn into [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":795,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[44,63,46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bicycle-accidents","category-bus-accidents","category-civil-procedure"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Illinois Jury Finds For School Bus Driver Turning Into Bicyclist; 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