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Getting from one place to another has never been easier. If you are in an accident involving an Uber or Lyft car, our legal team can help you explore your legal options.
If you were a passenger in the ridesharing vehicle, the driver owes you a duty of care and safety, and they may be liable for your injuries. Your damages must be accurately assessed so you get the most compensation possible. Depending on the circumstances, Uber or Lyft might have insurance that covers the accident. If not, we can help you get compensation another way. Dealing with a car accident is difficult enough but dealing with a huge corporation like Uber or Lyft is especially intimidating. You need a skilled lawyer to help you stand up to these giant entities.
If an Uber or Lyft driver caused a car accident, you should not have to bear the burden of your damages and injuries alone. Our Uber and Lyft accident lawyers can help you hold the driver liable for the crash. For a free case review, call Wruck Paupore at (219) 322-1166.
Liability for an Uber or Lyft vehicle accident can be more complicated than other car accidents. Your Uber or Lyft driver or another driver might be liable for the accident. Although you may not be able to hold the ridesharing company itself liable, there are exceptions to this rule and the rideshare companies frequently provide insurance for their drivers. Our car accident lawyers can go over your case with you and determine which parties should be held liable for the accident.
The first person we should be examining for liability is the Uber or Lyft driver. If you were a passenger in the Uber or Lyft vehicle, the driver owes you a duty of care and safety while you are a passenger. Even if the crash did not involve any other vehicles, the Uber or Lyft driver might still be liable for your injuries. Typically, the driver is covered by either their own personal insurance or ridesharing insurance, which often provides $1,000,000 in coverage.
Other drivers on the road might also be liable for the crash. For example, if your Uber driver’s brake lights were out, causing another car to rear-end them so hard that you are pushed into the intersection and T-boned, both drivers may share liability.
You typically cannot hold the companies Uber or Lyft directly liable after an accident involving one of their drivers. Normally, an employer can be held vicariously liable for the negligent behavior of employees. Uber and Lyft drivers are typically not considered employees but are instead independent contractors, and in such circumstances it is difficult to hold Uber and Lyft directly responsible. However, there may be some circumstances where they can be sued, which you should discuss with a qualified lawyer.
Assessing your damages is an extremely important step in filing your lawsuit. Damages encompass all the injuries, losses, and expenses you incur after a Lyft or Uber vehicle accident. Damages are unique to each case, so it is important to speak with our Uber and Lyft accident lawyers about your damages as soon as possible.
Much of your damages will be based on the severity of your injuries. Severe injuries tend to come with high medical bills. If you are receiving ongoing treatment that is expected to last for some time, you can claim future medical expenses in your lawsuit.
You can claim almost any other expenses you have related to the accident. Many injured victims report damaged property. If you were driving your car when an Uber or Lyft driver hit you, the value of your car can be claimed. You can also claim lost personal belongings.
Some of your damages might be based on losses that were not financial. Your mental and physical pain and suffering are just as deserving of compensation as any of your other damages. Our Uber and Lyft accident attorneys can establish these damages by evaluating how your pain and suffering affect you on a day-to-day basis.
One unique aspect of a lawsuit against an Uber or Lyft driver is that the ridesharing company they drive for might have insurance to cover the accident. Both companies have insurance for their drivers based on how the accident occurred. If the proper criteria for coverage are met, the driver may draw on this insurance to cover your damages, with typical coverage of one-million dollars.
If the Uber or Lyft driver had their app turned off or was otherwise off duty during the accident, the accident is not covered by any additional insurance from Uber or Lyft. However, if the driver was on duty but not yet engaged with a rider, the accident is usually covered up to a certain amount. If the driver was on duty and engaged with a rider, more coverage is available.
Remember, this insurance covers the Uber or Lyft driver, who can then use it to cover your damages in a lawsuit. It also provides underinsured or uninsured motorist coverage to you if you are a passenger, meaning that if you are a rideshare passenger injured due to the negligence of a different driver, you may have additional insurance protection. Even if Uber or Lyft’s insurance does not cover you, we can still seek to hold the driver accountable and make them pay for your damages.
Lawsuits are complex endeavors, with ever-changing laws surrounding personal injury lawsuits. Your best bet to get compensation is to hire an experienced attorney who is familiar with Uber and Lyft accidents.
Our Uber and Lyft accident lawyers can fully investigate and preserve evidence, file your complaint, name the appropriate parties, and negotiate for the maximum settlement possible. Our team will stand by your side every step of the way and handle everything related to your claim for recovery so that you don’t have to.
If your simple trip in a Lyft or Uber vehicle turned into a nightmare, our Uber and Lyft accident lawyers can help you get compensation for your painful injuries. Call our offices for a free case review to get started. Call Wruck Paupore at (219) 322-1166.
Don is a founding partner and one of the nation’s top-ranked personal injury litigators. He is a member of the Multi-million Dollar Advocates Forum, which includes less than 1% of the nation’s trial lawyers, and awarded the highest ranking given by Martindale Hubbel and AVVO.
More importantly, Don understands representing personal injury victims is about more than recovering the best settlement: it’s about helping clients get back on their feet and supporting them in every aspect of their recovery.
In nearly all cases, our clients seek compensation from the wrongdoer’s insurance company. Before forming Wruck Paupore, Jason worked for a prominent law firm representing some of the world’s largest insurers. This experience gives Jason a deep understanding of the insurance industry and the strategies it uses to pay injury victims as little as possible.
Jason -- and our entire team -- put this inside knowledge to work to force insurance companies to pay what is actually owed. Often, we use the insurance company’s own tactics against them as we fight for the full compensation our client deserves.
For more than four decades, Keith has been fighting for injury victims. During that time, he’s watched the insurance industry change, with insurers now more interested in protecting their stock price than treating injury victims fairly.
Since the beginning, Keith has put people first. From his childhood in Gary, Indiana during the 1960’s and working his way through law school, Keith has risen to become one of the Midwest’s most respected trial lawyers. He has never forgotten that being a lawyer is about helping people -- and seeing injury victims through struggles in a way that could change their lives forever.
Over the decades, Keith, Don and Jason have fought relentlessly for clients, even when other lawyers have said the case was impossible to win.
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