NJ Transit Driver Injured In Ridgefield Park School Bus Crash Gets $2.25M In Settlement

A driver who suffered spinal injuries that kept him from ever returning to work when his NJ Transit bus was struck from behind by a school bus in Ridgefield Park received a $2.25 million settlement, a published report says.

The bus driven by Miguel Alvarez was rammed from behind by a school bus on Route 46 in Ridgefield Park.
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Jerry DeMarco

10/04/2019 3:47 p.m.

Miguel Alvarez had stopped to collect passengers on eastbound Route 46 when his bus was struck from behind on June 22, 2017, aggravating a previous injury, attorney Edward Capozzi, told New Jersey Law Journal.

Capozzi filed a personal injury suit on Alvarez’s behalf against Felix Rodriguez-Esprit, the driver of the Morgan Educational Services bus, in Superior Court in Hackensack.

The case was settled at mediation, NJ Law Journal reported.

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