You should understand how important it is and how difficult it can be to establish liability. It will help determine what insurance will help cover your injuries following an accident or injury that occurred when using these applications. Contact Ovadia Law Group to discuss your case further, you can reach us at 1-800-674-9396.
Since Florida is a no-fault state, your personal injury protection policy (PIP) should protect you in the event of an Uber or Lyft accident, regardless of who was at fault. This is due to the fact that even if you are not behind the wheel of your own automobile when the accident occurs, you are still covered by personal injury insurance.
However, you might be eligible to pursue a personal injury lawsuit against the rideshare business or the rideshare driver’s private vehicle insurance provider if you’ve sustained significant injuries, such as a catastrophic injury or permanent impairment. The price of medical care for catastrophic injuries can exceed your PIP coverage.
Including the rideshare business, the driver, and maybe other drivers as well, determining who is at fault can be difficult. You must present proof of the responsible party’s carelessness or fault in order to prove negligence. Proving negligence will help determine the coverage that will be used in your case.
If the driver is injured due to the actions of the passenger or due to other outside factors, things can become complicated. If the driver was not logged into the ridesharing app at the time of the collision, it is assumed that they were not driving for Uber or Lyft. Instead of Uber and Lyft’s coverage in this instance, the accident would be covered by the rideshare driver’s own insurance policy. If you are a driver who has questions regarding your case, fill out our online free consultation form.
Systems that track the movements of their drivers and gather data while they are on rides are frequently used by rideshare businesses. The use of this electronic data, which includes GPS records and timestamps, can help establish fault or identify variables that contributed to the accident. Additionally, the incident may have been caught on neighboring commercial or residential property video footage, which would have been critical visual proof. Our team of personal injury lawyers at Ovadia Law Group can help establish that you are not liable for the accident. Do not wait to call us at 1-800-674-9396.
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