The ride-sharing service provider, Uber formed a business subsidiary named Uber Eats to earn further profits. Uber Eats lets people purchase food items from restaurants that partner with the subsidiary. The Uber service drivers can earn an hourly-based fee for delivering food to customers. If not for the drivers acting as delivery people, you would be able to just have food in those restaurants or order takeout.
Anyhow, the proliferation of Uber Eats vehicle drivers increases the possibility of car accidents. These drivers tend to be in a hurry to take food to customers, so they are likely to operate the vehicle in a less than careful way. Therefore, should an accident occur, you would have to submit an Uber Eats delivery driver collision lawsuit as the first step in pursuing compensation.
In this situation, a personal accident injury attorney of our law firm could help you in securing just compensation. Our professionals will respond to your accident injury queries, and they will be there to assist you in each step of the litigation process.
Information Regarding Uber Eats
Individuals ask us many different things regarding Uber Eats litigation. It is a wholly-owned company of Uber, so it has to follow a number of similar regulations and policies. Here is a list of those commonly asked questions concerning Uber’s food delivery platform.
Could I Litigate If The Uber Service Vehicle Collided With Mine?
To cut the long story short, yes. You could litigate in the case Uber Eats’ service vehicle hits you. However, there is a catch here: you could litigate just the driver in question. Every vehicle operator must possess an insurance policy to work with the Uber subsidiary, but the company might not cover them according to the circumstances. In the event of the driver crashing into your vehicle, you would have to submit an accident injury claim against the entity. Our vehicle accident attorneys would find out whether Uber Eats recruited the driver in a manner that complies with the legislation.
Could I Litigate Uber Eats Due To The Collision?
Yes, you would be able to take legal action against the company for the crash that involves a driver associated with them. When suffering injuries, you could hold both that driver and Uber Eats liable. They are just one among the many delivery service providers that give insurance to protect every party involved in a collision.
I Have Been Involved In A Road Accident With Uber Eats’ Vehicle Operator. What Step Should I Take Next?
In this situation, you would have to focus on following the usual accident-related protocol and gathering whatever pieces of evidence possible. The key is to not just document the event in the best possible way but also call an accident injury attorney. You could get fair compensation from Uber Eats in the case their driver collided with your vehicle. You might just be capable of receiving adequate compensation in one of the following situations.
- In the case that driver was not legally supposed to be behind the wheel, so to speak.
- Should Uber Eats was negligent in recruiting the concerned vehicle operator.
I Met With An Accident As Uber Eats’ Vehicle Operator. Now, What Should I Do Next?
You could either litigate the other driver in the case it occurred due to their fault or could sue the Uber subsidiary. This company has underinsured/uninsured motorist coverage, and you could fight for it when the other vehicle operator’s policy is insufficient to cover the damages of yours. While you may also possess coverage, the company might not even cover your accident damages should you were operating without logging into their application when the incident occurred.
What Accident Policy Does Uber Eats Have?
The insurance policy of Uber Eats works like that of its parent company. There exist periods in which Uber Eats’ delivery driver coverage changes. When the Uber Eats application was working and the vehicle operator was yet to start the new delivery journey, the company’s maximum coverage would apply. If the collision happened when the driver was in this working state, Uber Eats’ policy has the provision to provide as much as:
- $50,000 for each individual involved in that accident;
- $100,000 per accident; and,
- $25,000 for property damage.
If that driver was actively transporting food, the coverage would go up to $1,000,000, and it might extend to whichever third-party involved in it. For more information about the matter, call or email any of our vehicle collision injury attorneys.
Reasons For Uber Eats Collisions
Some Uber Eats delivery service vehicle operators try to transport food to as many destinations as they can in a brief period, to earn maximum profits. This is their flaw because, in the course of doing so, they are likely to operate the vehicle in a reckless or dangerous manner. To be more specific, the delivery service drivers might end up doing the following.
- Speeding
- Following any another vehicle too closely
- Ignoring public rights of way
- Going past stop signs
- Swerving about other vehicles
- Driving in front of others by leaving very little distance between the vehicles
Each of these actions is very dangerous. Then there are other drivers who may be unfit to work, maybe too tired to do it or are perhaps under the influence. There are also drivers who spend excessive time on their mobile devices, confirming purchase orders, or looking at GPS navigation to reach customer addresses.
All of the aforementioned actions could endanger everyone else on the road, so the drivers have to limit these. When injured in an accident involving these kinds of behavior, you should consider contacting a lawyer specialized in Uber Eats collision matters.
Injuries Resulting From An Accident
Vehicle accidents are among the harshest events that could just occur to you. Whether you are a passenger, vehicle operator, or a person crossing the road, the collision could severely injure you. The delivery service operator who fails to focus when behind the wheel could just produce unparalleled situations, including any or a combination of the following.
- Injuries to the knee and ankle
- Amputated/cut off limbs
- Spinal cord injuries
- Muscle tears
- Sprains and fractures
- Nerve damage
- Internal body part damage
- Brain injury
- Neck and back injury
- Bruises, abrasions, cuts, and lacerations
- Burns
- Puncture wounds
- Hand and wrist injury
- Traumatic brain injury
- Whiplash
- Facial Injuries
- Tinnitus
- Hearing damage
- Paralysis
- Coma
- Demise
Consider contacting our law firm to talk to our vehicle collision lawyer in case you get injured in the Uber Eats-related incident.
Legal Information
One must have all legal pieces of information related to the incident, including everything that could help to prove the collision and their body-related injuries. This means one must take photos of all the things, including their vehicle’s damage and bodily injuries. The victim also should possess documentation from law enforcement and the concerned paramedics or medical facility, plus verbal witness accounts. They also require the insurance and contact details of that vehicle operator at fault in the collision. If the injured is the delivery service vehicle driver, they would have to get the information of the responsible third-party driver.
The injured victim should also be capable of proving that the other party acted negligently, thereby causing the accident. If the injured one played a part in the collision, they would also be found partly liable for it, and could only receive compensation accordingly. For proving negligence, the injured one must have the capability to establish the following things.
- Prove that the other driver violated his or her legal obligation to confirm the safety of the injured; and,
- That the said action directly brought about their injury-inducing collision.
Proving both is possibly challenging for the injured party, especially when they lack proper legal representation. When you were uninjured in a collision, you could pursue just property damage-related compensation. The claim for the said compensation tends to be simple to the extent that it could be filed with no legal assistance.
There exists a law stipulating that an accident injury lawsuit should be filed within 24 months of the event. Should you fail to litigate in this period, you would possibly be unable to get compensation. Anyhow, the concerned court could temporarily suspend the so-called ’statute of limitations’ law in the following situation.
- The injured party was a minor when the collision happened; or,
- They were physically and/or emotionally unfit to litigate the other party.
Moreover, the situation of the defendant party leaving the concerned US state could result in the court suspending the statute up to the time they return.
Speak to any of our experienced attorneys when you want to submit a claim of a vehicle accident settlement against Uber’s subsidiary. You must do it since litigation is possibly challenging or even impossible for anyone who lacks the required experience. It would also take much time and effort from you to take legal measures. The situation of suffering very serious injuries would render you not capable enough to complete this legal action. You being a food delivery driver is likely unfamiliar with your employment details, which may result in an increased need for having proper legal representation.
Possible Forms Of Compensation For Your Uber Eats Collision
You could litigate Uber’s sub-company for different kinds of compensation when it is possible to prove their negligence, or if their driver has insufficient insurance. As the injured driver, you could litigate the at-fault party’s insurer, and turn to Uber’s subsidiary when the policy amount is insufficient to cover the damages you suffered. Whoever you target in the lawsuit, the injury claim could yield you plentiful compensation, including the following.
- Medical expenses (hospital admission, physical therapy, surgery, future courses of medical action)
- Lost wages (potential/earlier and future earnings in the event of missing work due to health causes or legal reasons)
- Pain and suffering
- The damage to the personal things and the car of yours
- Exemplary damages (extra types of financial compensation given in gross negligence situations; these tend to be viewed as excessive damages, though, and only an adept attorney could win them)
- Wrongful death-related expenses (pre-demise medical expenses, plus loss of inheritance, of savings expected and of the consortium, and funeral costs and burial expenses)
Talk to any of our skilled lawyers having experience in going toe to toe with insurers, if you want help with litigating Uber Eats.
We Are The Best Legal Partner For You
Is the company not compensating the losses you sustained as their driver? Or, did their driver hit your vehicle in a way that caused you injuries? Either way, we can litigate Uber Eats on your behalf. Our law company has much experience in dealing with these kinds of claims and knows the ways of netting you just compensation. Our legal team comprises aggressive attorneys who will negotiate with the concerned insurer for as much as settlement amount as possible.
When being unsatisfied with the legal settlement proposed, we would take the matter to court so that we can yield your compensation. As your legal representative in the court, we will try to prove you are legally correct.
Contact us today to talk to our delivery service vehicle accident attorney. We will clear whatever doubts you have regarding the matter and will let you know the amount of money we can get for you. As the plaintiff, you are not supposed to bear your damages in the case Uber’s company is to blame for these.
Choosing us means you will have a ‘no-fee guarantee’, stating that you the client will not use your money right through the case. Rather, we will bear the costs for you. Should we succeed, our fee would come from the amount of settlement that we yield to you. In that case, Uber would essentially cover the legal charges of yours. Otherwise, you would not be obliged to pay us anything.
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