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Jacob's Law |
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| Jacob's
Law: Law enacted in South Carolina outlawing passenger vans that do not conform
to school bus construction standards, from providing to-and-from or activity-trip
school transportation service. Named in honor of 6 year-old Jacob Strebler who
was fatally injured in 1994 in a collision involving a truck and the nonconforming
van he was riding in. |
| The
Strebler Case: Lead attorney Richard Gergel lays out the case against the
use of non-conforming vans in school transportation service. Gergel represented
the Strebler family in a wrongful death lawsuit brought in the fatality of six-year-old
Jacob Strebler. Gergel made this presentation at the STN Conference in 1998. Webmaster
Note: Readers should not consider this statement legal advice. |
| Click here to visit
the home page of Jacob's Law. |
| Lisa Strebler
inducted into STN
Hall of Honor for her work educating the public about the danges
of non-conforming vans in school transportation service.
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