Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers represents those who have been injured in a car accident involving rideshare companies such as Uber or Lyft in Tulare, CA, helping them recover financial compensation for medical expenses, lost wages, loss of earning capacity, pain, suffering and more.
If you have been injured in an accident involving a rideshare company, you need an experienced rideshare accident attorney by your side if you want to be able to recover the most money possible for your injuries. Our lawyers have been helping accident victims recover compensation for their injuries since 1990 and have recovered hundreds of millions of dollars on behalf of our clients.
Our rideshare accident attorneys will handle your case on a contingency fee basis, which means that you will not be charged any fee for our representation until and unless we win your case, meaning obtain a settlement or judgment on your behalf. The only fee you will ever owe us is a percentage of any compensation that we recover on behalf of you. You will never have to worry about owing us any upfront fees or out-of-pocket fees.
We help those injured in rideshare accidents involving Uber and Lyft when they can’t afford treatment for their injuries. We help accident victims get to doctors who don’t charge them for treatment until their case is over. We work with a large network of the best doctors in California who do this for our clients because they know we get great results for our clients.
Call us today for a free consultation if you or a loved one was injured or killed in a rideshare accident in Tulare or Tulare County. You may also text us from this page or, if you like, fill out the free case evaluation form on this page.
What Compensation Can a Rideshare Accident Attorney Help Me Recover?
If you have been injured in an Uber or Lyft accident in Tulare, we can help you recover financial compensation from one or multiple possible sources, such as the rideshare company’s insurance or a driver’s personal auto insurance coverage, depending on the circumstances. A personal injury attorney at our firm can help you recover financial compensation for:
Medical Bills
When clients come to us after being injured in accidents involving rideshare drivers, they’re often already facing huge medical bills. In addition, sometimes they will need future treatments which will necessitate having to pay even more bills. We can help you recover financial compensation for any past or future medical expenses related to your rideshare accident injuries.
Nadrich Accident Injury Lawyers
Tulare, CA 93274
(559) 772-1212
Lost Wages
If you’ve been injured in an accident involving a rideshare driver such as an Uber or Lyft driver, you may have been injured too badly to work for a period of time. In addition, you might have to miss time from work to get your rideshare accident injuries treated. We can assist you in recovering financial compensation for any wages you’re not able to earn due to the injuries you suffered in your accident.
Loss of Earning Capacity
Sometimes those injured in accidents involving rideshare services are left with disabilities which cause them to suffer a reduction or loss of their earning capacity. If this has happened to you, we can help you recover compensation for this reduction or loss of your earning capacity, helping you recover compensation from an insurance company or possibly another source.
Pain and Suffering
Rideshare accidents can lead to their victims enduring physical pain and mental suffering. We have been helping clients recover compensation for pain and suffering for well over 30 years now. We are experts at calculating the accurate value of our clients’ pain and suffering and making sure they’re fairly compensated for it.
Wrongful Death
If you have lost a loved one in a rideshare accident, sadly, no amount of financial compensation will be able to undo this tragedy. However, we can help prevent your family from going through financial hardship by helping you recover financial compensation through a wrongful death claim or lawsuit. We can help you recover compensation for things like:
- The grieving and suffering you have endured
- The medical bills, pain and suffering of your loved one
- Funeral costs as well as burial costs
- Losing the income, love, companionship, household services and consortium of your loved one
Do I Need a Tulare Rideshare Accident Lawyer After Being Injured in a Car Accident?
If you have been injured in a rideshare accident in Tulare, you may be wondering if you need a lawyer to handle your claim, or if you can handle your claim yourself.
There is no legal requirement for you to have a lawyer, so technically you can handle your claim yourself if you choose to do so. However, if you want to be able to recover the most money you possibly can to compensate you for your injuries and other damages, you will need a lawyer by your side. The reasons why are:
- Insurance companies simply won’t respect you if you don’t have a lawyer
- Insurance adjusters can manipulate you to reduce the value of your claim
You Need Insurance Companies’ Respect to Recover the Most Money Possible
When people in California are injured due to the negligence of someone else, California law holds the negligent party financially liable for the damages suffered by the injured party. However, in most cases, the negligent party does not end up paying for those damages, but rather the negligent party’s insurance company.
If you’ve been injured by someone else’s negligence in a rideshare accident, the at-fault party’s insurance company knows that they are legally obligated to pay you for your damages up to the policy limits. However, they also know that they don’t actually have to pay you what you’re legally entitled to unless you can sue them and win over an unfair settlement offer.
Insurance companies have a lot of money, so they can afford to hire lawyers to represent them in court. This means that you have virtually zero chance of actually successfully suing them if you don’t have a lawyer of your own. So, if you’re not represented by an attorney, the insurance company knows you can’t sue them and win, so they know they don’t have a good reason to offer you what you’re legally entitled to.
Instead, they’ll offer you a tiny settlement offer and tell you to take it or leave it, daring you to sue them over it, knowing you can’t beat them in court. They’ll do this to protect their own profit margin. In other words, they won’t pay you what you’re entitled to if you don’t have a lawyer because they won’t respect you and your ability to sue them and win.
What changes this lack of respect is when an insurance company receives a letter of representation from experienced lawyers with a reputation for success like the lawyers at our firm. When insurance companies see that a firm like us is representing you, they suddenly realize that now you can sue them and win.
At this point, the insurance company will see the writing on the wall. They’ll realize they have two choices at this point:
- Pay you what you’re entitled to for your injuries
- Take us on in court, lose, get forced to pay you what you’re entitled to for your injuries and end up paying expensive legal fees on top of that
This is the point where insurance companies will suddenly become much more agreeable to the idea of offering you a fair settlement out of court. Almost every single case we handle gets settled out of court because insurance companies know we have a reputation for success and know that it’s cheaper to settle out of court than to take us on in court and lose.
Hiring an experienced lawyer is the best way to get the most money out of an insurance company after a rideshare accident – studies show that injury victims get much more compensation when they hire lawyers than when they don’t, even after taking attorney fees into consideration.
It’s Dangerous to Talk to Insurance Companies After Being Injured – Let Lawyers Do That for You
Insurance companies train their adjusters to manipulate injury victims into saying things which reduce the value of their claims. It is extremely easy to fall for the adjusters’ tricks, even if you’re aware they’re trying to trick you.
Let’s say an insurance company convinces you to give them a recorded statement – something you should never agree to. Let’s say at the beginning of this conversation, they ask how you’re doing and, as a matter of simple habit, reply innocuously with “fine.” The thing is, legally speaking, that statement you thought was innocuous isn’t actually so innocuous. The insurance company can now argue that because you said “fine,” it means you’re not actually injured as badly as you’re claiming. A simple, innocent statement like this can be used against you to reduce the value of your claim.
This is why it’s vital for you to have experienced lawyers deal with insurance companies for you – so you don’t have to worry about accidentally incriminating yourself, causing the value of your claim to plummet.
Call us today for a free consultation – we can handle all communications and negotiations with insurance companies for you, as well as every other aspect of the legal process, so you can simply focus on recovering from your injuries after your rideshare accident.
Liability After Uber and Lyft Accidents
You may be wondering who will pay for your injuries and other damages after you’ve been injured in a rideshare accident. This will depend upon the circumstances of your accident:
The Rideshare Driver Had a Passenger in Their Vehicle or Was on Their Way to Pick a Passenger Up
In this scenario, your damages will be paid for by insurance which is provided by Uber or Lyft.
In this scenario, the minimum available insurance will be $1 million worth of commercial liability and $1 million worth of uninsured/underinsured motorist insurance.
The Rideshare Driver Was Logged Into the Rideshare App and Was Waiting for a Passenger to Place an Order for a Ride
In this scenario, your damages will be paid for by insurance which is provided by Lyft or Uber when the Lyft or Uber driver is at fault for the accident and ends up injuring a third party.
In this scenario, the minimum insurance available will be $50,000 for death or injury to a single person, $100,000 for death or injury to multiple people, and $30,000 regarding property damage.
The Rideshare Driver Was Driving on Their Own Time
In this scenario, your damages will be paid for by the driver’s own insurance company. The minimum insurance available will be $15,000 for death or injury to a single person, $30,000 for death or injury to multiple people and $5,000 regarding property damage.
If the driver is uninsured, your damages will be paid for your uninsured/underinsured motorist insurance, if available.
Another, Non-rideshare Driver Was Also at Fault
If another driver in addition to the rideshare driver is at fault for your accident, you can also get your damages paid by that driver’s own insurance company. The minimum insurance available will be the same as that of a rideshare driver’s personal insurance, as described above.
A Government Entity Was Also at Fault
Your rideshare accident may have been partially caused by a dangerous roadway condition which a government entity like a city, county or department of transportation should have but failed to fix. In this case, you would also be able to recover damages from that government entity.
However, it is important to note that in this case, you would have a very limited amount of time to file a claim.
In most injury cases, injury victims have two years to file a claim for damages in California. However, when government entities are involved, that time limit is reduced to only six months.
Experienced Tulare Rideshare Accident Lawyers
We’ve been handling rideshare accident cases since ridesharing first became a popular thing in California, and we’ve been helping those injured in car accidents for well over three decades. Our experience means that we can recover the most financial compensation possible for you to compensate you for your injuries and other damages.
Call us today for a free case evaluation if you or a loved one was injured or killed in an accident involving a rideshare driver in Tulare. Remember, you won’t owe us any fee until and unless we recover compensation for your rideshare accident injuries.
