Families launch class action after Hunter Valley bus crash driver jailed for decades
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6QNNA)
Legal case targets company that employed Brett Button and Transport for NSW for alleged safety failings on road where 10 passengers were killed
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Families who lost loved ones in a deadly New South Wales bus crash have launched a class-action lawsuit as the driver responsible was sent to prison for decades.
Brett Button, 59, was sentenced on Wednesday to 32 years in jail, with a non-parole period of 24 years, for killing 10 passengers and injuring 25 who had been celebrating a young couple's wedding in the Hunter Valley.
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