There is a cause of action in many accident cases called negligent entrustment. With respect to the kind of accident described here, the claim is that the owner of the vehicle should not have allowed the person who caused the accident, to drive the vehicle at all. This Houston bus accident will likely raise that issue.
A Houston bus driver who allegedly ran a red light and hit a Metro train Monday was suspended without pay, according to the Houston Chronicle. http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6859080.html
Reginald Rideout, who was treated and released from a hospital after Monday’s accident, will be under suspension while a probe o the crash is conducted.
According to Metro officials, 50-year-o1d Rideout has had three accidents.
The crash earlier this week injured nine people, and Metro service was temporarily suspended.