Sick Charter Bus Driver Hit for $5.25 Million in Damages
The driver of a charter bus who exposed six school children and a chaperone to tuberculosis in 2004 was found negligent by a jury, which awarded those infected $5.25 million.
The jury held both the driver and his employer liable for needlessly jeopardizing his passengers health, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs in the case.
According to the lawyer, the children and their chaperone have been diagnosed with latent tuberculosis, an asymptomatic and non-communicable form of the disease that can strike later in life without warning. It is treatable, but not curable.
The jury held both the driver and his employer liable for needlessly jeopardizing his passengers health, according to an attorney for the plaintiffs in the case.
According to the lawyer, the children and their chaperone have been diagnosed with latent tuberculosis, an asymptomatic and non-communicable form of the disease that can strike later in life without warning. It is treatable, but not curable.
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