Accidents involving rideshare services like Lyft can cause serious, even catastrophic, injuries. You could be left with high medical bills and mounting debt that you cannot begin to pay off until your injuries heal enough for you to go back to work. You can seek compensation from the parties, including Lyft and any other responsible rideshare company that caused your accident to relieve some of your financial stress.
A Texas Lyft accident lawyer from our team can help ease your legal and financial worries. We can help you get your case organized and file a claim or even a lawsuit While you focus on recovering from your injuries.
Our Texas Lyft Accident Lawyer Can Manage the Legal Aspects of Your Case
You don’t have to handle your case alone. While you receive the needed medical care to help you deal with your injuries, our team will prepare your case. A Texas rideshare lawyer from our firm can help you by:
- Finding the liable party or parties: We will determine who caused the Lyft crash and seek compensation from them,
- Determining the liable insurer: We can help you file a claim with a driver’s insurer or Lyft’s insurer.
- Negotiating a settlement: Lyft is a big company with many lawyers devoted to protecting their interests. We can negotiate with them for your fair payout. If the insurance company does not offer a fair settlement we will take your case to court and try it to a jury.
- Investigating the accident: Our lawyer will collect documentation and interview involved parties to get a clearer picture of what happened.
- Giving you the opportunity to ask us questions about your case: We know cases involving Lyft accidents can become complex. A lawyer from Domingo Garcia will answer questions about your rights, your responsibilities, and your options after a Lyft accident.
Compensation You Can Recover After Getting in a Lyft Accident
There are several types of damages you can get compensation for after a Lyft accident, including:
Economic Damages
The Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) estimates that traffic accidents cost Texans $51.4 billion in 2021 alone. Lyft accidents can become costly. You can recover damages for:
- Medical bills stemming from hospital stays, prescriptions, physical therapy, surgery, follow-up appointments, and more
- Damage done to your motor vehicle and the money you spend to get it fixed, buy a new car, or use other means of transportation
- Lost income from the time when you could not perform your regular job duties, either now or in the future due to permanent disabilities
- Jobs or career advancement that you can no longer expect to achieve because your Lyft accident injuries hold you back
If you lost money because of the accident, you could include those losses in your demand letter to the at-fault party’s insurance company.
Non-Economic Damages
For many people, the injuries they incur from a Lyft accident are even harder to cope with than any financial hardship. You are allowed to seek compensation for non-economic losses, including:
- The physical and emotional pain caused by both the injuries and the memory of the Lyft accident that caused them
- The loss of independence and reduced quality of life that come with sustaining severe, lifelong injuries such as brain damage or paraplegia
- Mental anguish you could experience as a result of the Lyft collision
- Any disfiguring scars caused by the Lyft accident, such as burns, surgical scars, or severe road rash
Wrongful Death Damages
There were 4,489 traffic accident fatalities in Texas in 2021, according to TxDOT. If your loved one passed away from their Lyft accident injuries, one of our lawyers could file a wrongful death lawsuit against the at-fault party. This type of lawsuit gives the decedent’s surviving family the chance to recover damages for:
- Any money you spent on burial or cremation services
- The money your loved one would have earned during their lifetime and used to support dependents, such as their spouse or children
- The fact that, as a direct result of the Lyft accident, your loved one is no longer around to comfort you, provide advice, and be an active part of your life
We are here to provide a no-obligation case review whenever you are ready to consider legal action over your loved one’s unjustified passing.
We Can Help You File an Insurance Claim After a Texas Lyft Accident
You can seek the compensation you need through an insurance claim after you are hurt in a Lyft accident. Lyft accident claims can become complicated. The insurer we will file with depends on whether or not the driver was on-duty during the time of the crash.
If a Lyft driver is not logged in to the rideshare app during the crash, Lyft’s insurance will not apply. We can seek compensation through the driver’s insurance provider.
If the driver was logged in and was waiting for a ride when the accident happened, Lyft provides insurance. This insurance involves:
- $50,000 for bodily injury/person
- $100,000 for bodily injury/accident
- $25,000 for property damage/accident
If the driver had a passenger in their car, or if they are on their way to pick the rider up, Lyft will provide at least $1,000,000 for third-party liability. We can help you determine the insurer to file your claim with.
What to Do if You Were Involved in a Lyft Accident
If you use Lyft as a passenger, you should:
- Use your seatbelt: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that wearing a seatbelt drastically reduces your chances of sustaining a catastrophic or fatal injury if an accident happens.
- Ask the driver to drive safely: If you notice the driver engaging in risky behaviors (e.g., speeding, ignoring red lights), respectfully ask them to be more careful.
- Leave if you don’t feel safe: If you are uncomfortable with the driver’s behavior for any reason, you have the right to ask them to stop and let you out.
The following are some steps you can take after a Lyft accident:
- Get medical attention: Your Lyft accident injuries could be more serious than you think. A doctor can provide medical advice.
- Take photos of the damage: If your car was damaged, or if you were hurt, take photos. This can serve as evidence in your case.
- Call 911: Whether you were another driver, a cyclist, or a pedestrian, you should call 911 if a Lyft driver crashed into you. The police will create a report that we can use to build your case.
Everyone has a part to play in keeping the roads safe. If you were injured because a Lyft driver or anyone else failed to fulfill their public responsibility, we can help you seek fair and appropriate compensation.
Contact Domingo Garcia After a Lyft Accident
Domingo Garcia has been committed to making Texas a safer place for everyone for the past 35 years. If you were injured in a Lyft accident, one of our lawyers can do everything possible to track down the liable party and hold them accountable. To learn more, call today for a free case evaluation.