Maison Law gets aggressive for Fresno Lyft-involved accident victims who have had their injury claims rejected. Lyft’s insurer is required to award victims an appeal with a new insurance adjuster. This is when Maison Law takes action to present stronger evidence and more legal pressure to get clients a second chance at the recovery support they need.
You can contact us for a free case consultation to talk over your options. A real Fresno Lyft accident lawyer and how to get your case reopened to earn the support you need for recovery. It’s a no-risk, informational meeting, and there’s never any obligation.
Why You Would Want a Lawyer for a Lyft Accident Claim Appeal
When your rideshare accident involves a serious injury, like a broken bone or a head injury, the cost of care will rise quickly. As bills stack up, insurers, perhaps those for Lyft, will start to get nervous and do everything possible to escape blame. They may try to blame you or another driver for what happened, or just claim your injuries weren’t all that bad.
It’s a good time to have a skilled attorney investigating what happened and preserving evidence to use against Lyft. A lawyer is even more critical if you’ve already gone to Lyft for help after a collision and been turned away.
When submitting the same injury claim and the same evidence in an appeal is hard to expect a better outcome. A lawyer will have experience putting full pressure on a giant business. A skilled lawyer will also have experience standing up to corporate lawyers for companies like Lyft and making sure they aren’t successful with their tactics meant to devalue cases.
Victims can always file a claim or an appeal on their own, but there’s just not as much hope that Lyft’s decision will be reversed when a legal expert isn’t involved.
A Free Consultation with a Real Lyft Accident Lawyer
It’s understandable to be discouraged after having a car accident claim rejected. A car accident caused by the employee of a rideshare only adds to the confusion and doubt. Who should be responsible?
When you have questions about your case and your chances at a claim do-over after a rejection, you can always schedule a free case consultation. There’s no obligation for an informational meeting. Maison Law is happy to talk to any car accident victim in Fresno County or a family member of a crash victim.
If we can’t help you win your appeal, we will tell you that and send you in the right direction if you’d like to handle the claim yourself.
The Support You Can Demand from Lyft After a Rideshare Accident
Victims should be compensated for every damage caused by a distracted Lyft driver’s mistake on a busy road like Blackstone Avenue. And victims who have had their injury claims tossed back at them shouldn’t give up.
A skilled lawyer would have a second try ready and demand everything that should have been compensated in the first claim:
- All current medical expenses and those expected in the future.
- The lifelong expenses associated with a permanent disability.
- Compensation for the physical pain suffered and perhaps chronic pain for a lifetime.
- Compensation for emotional trauma. The anxiety, depression, and PTSD that may arise after a frightening rideshare crash and during a difficult recovery. A patient’s enjoyment of life may be affected if mobility and freedom are lost.
- All wages and benefits lost at work while the patient is unable to perform job duties.
- Travel costs accumulated to attend doctor visits while immobile and unable to drive.
- Wrongful death benefits for families who lose a loved one to a deadly Lyft collision.
The Reasons Lyft May Give You for Rejecting a Claim
Lyft offers an insurance policy to cover accidents on Fresno roads, but they’d generally only chip in if the accident occurred while the Lyft driver was logged into the app and working. If a Lyft driver didn’t have the Lyft app open and was essentially “off the clock,” then Lyft’s insurance wouldn’t usually apply.
The Lyft driver is required to carry a personal car insurance policy, and victims would have to hope it provides enough coverage to pay all medical bills.
When going up against Lyft and asking for support, victims may have to face off against the rideshare’s corporate lawyers and their insurance adjusters. These experienced teams know how to give victims the runaround and limit what Lyft must pay.
They can outright reject your claim, sometimes for a partially valid reason. But sometimes for weak excuses that wouldn’t hold up in court.
These are some of the reasons they’ll give in a rejection letter:
- Claim there’s a lack of evidence
- Use Fine print in car insurance policies as an excuse
- Raise a dispute about the seriousness of injuries
- Back a Lyft driver who claims innocence
- Claim the victim was at fault
Lyft might point the finger of blame at you if you are in another vehicle struck by a rideshare driver. If you were a pedestrian, bicyclist, or motorcyclist, they may claim that the mistake was made by you.
How to Get a Second Chance After Having a Rideshare Accident Claim Denied
Your Maison Law attorney would help you decide the best way to proceed after a rejection.
Your first step may be to write a professional letter to the insurer and Lyft, asking for an appeal. They must offer an appeals process to victims. A new insurance adjuster would be assigned to your case. Your attorney would go to work rebuilding your case with stronger evidence, testimony, and perhaps even data from an accident reconstruction crew. Testimony from your doctors about the severity of your injury would also play an important role.
Your lawyer may recommend filing a lawsuit and taking Lyft before a judge and jury. With legal representation, your lawsuit represents a real threat. Lyft won’t want the expense of a trial or the bad publicity. It may be enough to get them to come back to the negotiating table to work on a better settlement offer.
Your attorney can also help you file a complaint with the California Department of Insurance (CDI). If the department finds that Lyft and a commercial insurance company ignored your rights, administrators could fine them and force them to pay for your recovery.
Speak to a Fresno Lyft Accident Attorney After a Claim Denial
If you are seriously injured in an accident caused by a rideshare driver, and your claim is tossed out by Lyft, you should speak to a Fresno rideshare accident lawyer as soon as possible.
If your case was originally rejected, please stay strong and don’t give in. You and your family can still win substantial compensation. Maison Law offers a free case consultation to find the steps to take to get a successful redo.
There’s no obligation, but if you need our help to hold an insurance company liable, you won’t need any money. There are no up-front costs to hire our lawyers. We also don’t get paid if we don’t win your case or appeal. If we win, our fee comes out of the settlement check that Lyft’s insurer must write for you.
