Maison Law represents Glendale residents who are hurt in car accidents involving a Lyft car. Our personal injury lawyers aggressively seek compensation for our clients from reckless Lyft drivers and their employers. Please contact us for a free, no-obligation consultation for all local injury victims. It’s a no-risk opportunity to find out what your injury may be worth and how to hold Lyft fully responsible for recovery costs.
Do I Need a Lawyer After a Rideshare Accident?
If your injuries end up being serious and someone else is to blame for your collision, it’s a good time to consult with a Glendale Lyft accident lawyer. You might have been a passenger in a Lyft vehicle when another driver struck the car. You may have been in your own vehicle when a careless Lyft driver rammed you. You may also have been a pedestrian or a cyclist struck by a distracted rideshare driver.
After a significant injury, like a broken bone or head trauma, medical bills will likely go beyond a single night in an emergency room. When medical bills will run high, Lyft lawyers and insurance adjusters fight hard to help the rideshare avoid providing what’s fair. They’ll try to shift blame in an accident or work to downplay your injuries so they can offer you less. Your lawyer is your shield against these heartless tactics. Your Maison Law Attorney gathers powerful evidence to force insurance companies to provide the maximum in compensation for you and your family.
Glendale Lyft Accident Dangers
Driving down busy routes like Brand Boulevard or Highway 134 can be scary at certain parts of the day. Drivers can be careless as they speed to their destinations and switch lanes without checking mirrors. The risks are only magnified when distracted and unfocused rideshare drivers merge onto the highway.
Lyft employees are working from behind the wheel and their jobs are full of distraction. They use the Lyft app on their phones in order to connect with customers. They must monitor that phone and make quick decisions all while trying to stay in their lanes and monitor for green lights changing to red.
Rideshare drivers deal with a lot of stuff that most motorists don’t have to deal with. These job duties make them more likely to hit other vehicles and injure people inside their own vehicles.
- Driver Distractions: Lyft drivers use GPS devices to get to their destination. This, along with using a cell phone, eating behind the wheel, or talking to a passenger could lead to a life-altering accident within seconds.
- Working for Uber and Lyft: Some rideshare drivers also work for other rideshares and delivery companies at the same time. This juggle between apps like Uber and DoorDash only multiplies the time rideshare drivers have their eyes off the lanes ahead.
- Drowsy Driving: Many rideshare drivers work for extended hours or have made people pickups their second job. Because of this, they may be exhausted and drowsy, which could cause them to fall asleep at the wheel.
- Speeding: Because drivers have deadlines to meet and money to make as quickly as possible, many drivers will speed to their destination. Excessive speed and aggressive driving lead to accidents.
- Driving Under the Influence: Just like any other driver, Lyft employees can show bad judgment and use drugs or alcohol before making a pickup. This puts their passengers and other motorists at extreme risk.
- Trying to Locate Customer: When a driver is trying to locate a customer, they may wander into an area that they are unfamiliar with. They could also remove their eyes from the road while searching. This can lead to an accident with catastrophic results.
Your Maison Law rideshare accident lawyer fully investigates your accident. Your lawyer examines the Lyft driver’s record and looks at hiring practices. Accident reconstruction is also a powerful tool at our disposal to make sure a rideshare can’t try to shift blame for what happened. Your lawyer uses this evidence and testimony to get the most out of an injury claim for you and your family.
Do Lyft Drivers Carry Insurance to Cover Me If I’m Injured in an Accident?
Lyft requires its employees to maintain personal car insurance policies. You will usually have to begin your accident claim with the driver’s insurance company. This may leave you frustrated because insurance companies aren’t always accepting when they find out their policyholders are driving for a rideshare. They could decide to reject your claim outright.
If your claim gets denied or the driver’s coverage doesn’t offer enough support, Lyft does carry supplemental insurance for accidents. Their help only applies under specific circumstances:
- If a driver is logged into the rideshare App but doesn’t have a customer request yet, Lyft provides $100,000 total injury liability per accident and $25,000 property damage liability for accident victims.
- If a driver has accepted a ride request or has picked up the customer, Lyft’s policy offers one million dollars in liability insurance and one million dollars in uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage until the rider is dropped off.
- If a Lyft driver hasn’t logged into the Lyft app yet or has just logged off, any victims in an accident would not be covered by Lyft insurance.
If Lyft attempts to escape blame, your car accident attorney would be questioning the business’s training methods and hiring practices. Lyft is responsible when they employ drivers with bad driving records.
In some cases, another driver strikes a rideshare car while you are inside. In this case, the at-fault driver’s personal auto insurance policy would be drawn upon. In some cases, Lyft drivers may also be hurt through no fault of their own. They could also file an injury claim against an at-fault driver. A Maison Law attorney could also help them seek benefits from Lyft while they were unable to return to work.
What Can a Lyft Accident Injury Settlement Cover?
A claim against Lyft should ask for reimbursement for every hardship you’ve faced as a victim. It must also cover the potential for further hardships in the years ahead if your injury flares up or if you can’t return to work and support your family.
These and other damages must all be considered in a rideshare accident settlement check or court judgment:
- Medical expenses and physical therapy costs
- Lifelong support for victims suffering a permanent physical disability
- Support for pain endured
- Support for the emotional trauma experienced in an accident and during recovery
- Support for a loss of enjoyment of life due to an injury
- Lost income and benefits
- Repair or replacement costs for your vehicle
- Wrongful death benefits for the family left behind after a fatal accident involving Lyft
Contact a Glendale Lyft Accident Attorney Today
If you have been injured in an accident involving a Lyft driver, you should contact our Glendale Lyft accident lawyers at Maison Law immediately. You have up to two years to file a personal injury claim after an injury, but the sooner you alert a legal representative, the sooner your lawyer can get started on your case. You’ll want to give your lawyer access to fresh evidence and allow them to track down witnesses before they become harder to locate.
We offer a free and confidential case review to all Lyft victims in the Glendale area. Please contact us today to schedule an appointment. It’s a no-risk way to determine what your case is worth and how to hold a rideshare fully liable.
And if you do need Maison Law’s help to secure more in support, you don’t need to worry about having the money to hire a lawyer. We don’t get paid unless we win your case for you. Then our fee comes out of the settlement Lyft must provide.
