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 and 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 emerging area of the law.
Outline
- Overview of rideshare companies' policies on auto collisions
- Bringing or defending personal injury claims for accidents involving ridesharing services
- Liability considerations
- Insurance considerations
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
Jamie Goldstein
Partner
Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos
Ms. Goldstein is a partner with Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos in the Bay Area office and has been with the... | Read More
Ms. Goldstein is a partner with Arias Sanguinetti Wang & Torrijos in the Bay Area office and has been with the firm since its inception in 2015. She focuses her practice in the areas of wrongful death, personal injury, civil rights, medical malpractice, product liability, and mass torts. Ms. Goldstein was named a Super Lawyer since first being eligible in 2019. She is an active member in numerous organizations both locally and nationally that protect the rights of her clients. Throughout her career Ms. Goldstein has handled numerous complex litigation matters and has tried cases resulting in multi-million dollar verdicts.
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Lawrence M. (Larry) Simon
Partner
Javerbaum Wurgaft Hicks Kahn Wikstrom & Sinins
Mr. Simon is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (‘AAJ”), Chair of... | Read More
Mr. Simon is a member of the Board of Governors of the American Association for Justice (‘AAJ”), Chair of the AAJ Rideshare Litigation Group and Past Chair of both the AAJ Trucking Litigation Group and the AAJ Bus Litigation Group. He has previously served as the Chair of the AAJ Small Firm and Sole Practitioner Section, the AAJ Motor Vehicle and Premises Liability Section, and the AAJ Section Leaders Council. Mr. Simon is an active member of the New Jersey Association for Justice, Bergen County Bar Association, and New York State Trial Lawyers Association. He is also an affiliated attorney for the Truck Accident Attorneys Roundtable.
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