That’s not very “Careful.”
An elderly Brooklyn ambulette driver won a $14 million verdict from Careful Bus Service after one of its mini-buses smashed into his vehicle, fracturing his hip and sending him into a seizure, his lawyer told The Post.
Arkadiy Korsunskiy, 70, was driving his ambulette down Prospect Park West on Feb. 28, 2008, when a Careful bus plowed into him, crumpling the rear of his vehicle and throwing him into the car in front of him, court papers state.
Lawyers for Careful Bus argued that Korsunskiy had hit the vehicle in front of him before the bus hit him, but the jury believed Korsunskiy and awarded him the blockbuster verdict, according to Korsunskiy’s lawyer, Paul Edelstein.
“They’re careful in name only, when you look at this accident,” Edelstein said.
Korsunskiy was awarded $6 million for past pain and suffering and $4 million for future pain and suffering. The rest was for future medical bills and $2.5 million for his wife.
Neil Hoffman, the owner of Careful Bus Service, said all his vehicles have controls that restrict their speed, adding that his company’s name is woefully ironic in cases like this.
“The name gets us from time to time when something goes wrong,” Hoffman said.