British tourists on holiday in the United States were seriously injured when their tour bus traveling at 75 miles per hour overturned in Nevada due to the carelessness of the bus driver.  The California bus company (California Sun), together the British package tour company (Archers) and the American tour company (GVI) were sued in the United States.

It was plaintiffs’ contention that the British tour company, Archers, was negligent for leading the tourists to believe that Archers owned the tour bus and operated the tour when in fact the organization of the tour was contracted to an American company called GVI, who in turn hired the California bus company.  The tour bus was painted with the Archers’ logo, the tour literature portrayed the tour as an exclusive Archers’ tour, and the tour director identified herself as an Archers’ employee.

It was also plaintiffs’ contention that the American tour company (GVI) was negligent because the GVI tour director failed to properly supervise the bus driver, who had been continuously speeding throughout the tour.

Legal proceedings took place in California, Nevada and England.  michael Kleeman, Esq. was one of the two lead counsel in this case which was reported in the press throughout the United States and the U.K. 

RESULT: California Sun Lines settled for $10,000,000.00 and the British (Archers) and American (GVI) tour companies made a confidential settlement.

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