Personal Injury Claims for Uber and Lyft Accidents: Complex Liability and Insurance Coverage Issues
Recording of a 90-minute CLE video webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will guide personal injury attorneys in navigating the complex liability issues and an overview of insurance coverage issues that arise from auto accidents involving rideshare services, such as Uber and Lyft. The panel will discuss the plaintiff and defense perspectives on this area of the law. The panel will also address how the state-by-state battle over whether drivers are employees or independent contractors affects discovery practices in accident suits alleging vicarious liability.
Outline
- Overview of rideshare companies' policies on auto collisions
- Bringing or defending personal injury claims for accidents involving ridesharing services
- Liability considerations
- Insurance considerations
- Impact of wage and hour litigation on accident case discovery
- Special issues with UberEats, DoorDash, and similar services
Benefits
The panel will review these and other critical issues:
- How rideshare service company policies deal with auto collisions involving its drivers
- Liability considerations in rideshare services' accident injury claims
- How courts are addressing insurance coverage issues in rideshare injury cases
- Emerging issues such as delivery services and a possible return of automated services
Faculty
Kelly Hanker
Attorney
Trial Lawyers for Justice
Ms. Hanker is a trial attorney known for increasing the value of cases across the country, including catastrophic and... | Read More
Ms. Hanker is a trial attorney known for increasing the value of cases across the country, including catastrophic and traumatic injury, employment, business litigation, class action, and medical malpractice cases. Ms. Hanker’s connection to her clients after sustaining a life-long disability in a car crash herself and being called in to the Plaintiff’s side by her then trial attorney—now mentor, Nick Rowley—is unmatched. Ms. Hanker, now often referred to as the Empathy Lawyer, has repeatedly been named a Super Lawyers Rising Star for Southern California, is a graduate of the Gerry Spence Method trial college and has been honored by the Los Angeles Business Journal as a finalist for Philanthropist of the Year. She also serves on the Foundation Board of the Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, the Consumer Attorneys of California Women’s Caucus, the Consumer Attorneys Association of Los Angeles’s Women in Law Committee and is a member of AAJ.
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Sarah E. Hansen, Esq.
Partner
Burden & Hansen
Ms. Hansen is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice on defending personal injury cases. She represents... | Read More
Ms. Hansen is an experienced litigator who focuses her practice on defending personal injury cases. She represents clients in the areas of trucking and automobile accidents, employment law, labor law, municipal law/governmental liability, premises liability, products liability and general negligence. Ms. Hansen has been selected for membership in the Trucking Industry Defense Association (TIDA), the only international organization devoted to the defense of the trucking industry in personal injury, property damage, and workers’ compensation claims.
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