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title: Common Carriers
description: Advocate Magazine articles on Common Carriers, from the Subject Matter Index.
url: https://www.advocatemagazine.com/tag/Common%20Carriers
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[![Municipal bus accidents: Evidence and discovery](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/media/zoo/images/Lallande-bus2_28828e57375c60e3f876cde79f6dae65.jpg)](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april/municipal-bus-accidents-evidence-and-discovery "Municipal bus accidents: Evidence and discovery")

## [Municipal bus accidents: Evidence and discovery](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april/municipal-bus-accidents-evidence-and-discovery "Municipal bus accidents: Evidence and discovery")

The evidence you need, where to find it, and how to use discovery to take advantage of common-carrier duties

[M. Lawrence Lallande](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/m-lawrence-lallande "M. Lawrence Lallande")

From Issue: [2023 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april)

## [Passenger vs. passenger bus assaults](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april/passenger-vs-passenger-bus-assaults "Passenger vs. passenger bus assaults")

The duty owed by bus operators, Greyhound in particular, to passengers attacked on the bus

[Clay Robbins, III](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/clay-robbins-iii "Clay Robbins, III")
[Crawford Appleby](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/crawford-appleby "Crawford Appleby")

From Issue: [2023 April](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2023-april)

## [A common carrier’s obligation to provide utmost care](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-march/a-common-carrier-s-obligation-to-provide-utmost-care "A common carrier’s obligation to provide utmost care")

The duty should include warning passengers about deep-vein thrombosis

[Joseph Persoff](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/joseph-persoff "Joseph Persoff")

From Issue: [2017 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-march)

## [The party-bus industry](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-march/the-party-bus-industry "The party-bus industry")

A new breed of common carrier with the need for enhanced regulation

[Christian Nickerson](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/christian-nickerson "Christian Nickerson")

From Issue: [2017 March](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-march)

## [Elevators and escalators: The building operator becomes a common carrier](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-november/elevators-and-escalators-the-building-operator-becomes-a-common-carrier "Elevators and escalators: The building operator becomes a common carrier")

A higher duty of care is owed by operators of buildings that have an elevator or escalator

[Brooke Bove](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/authors/brooke-bove "Brooke Bove")

From Issue: [2017 November](https://www.advocatemagazine.com/issues/2017-november)