Rideshare Accident Lawyers Serving Massachusetts and Connecticut
When Rideshare Companies Complicate Recovery, Raipher Fights For The Win
Rideshare services like Uber and Lyft have transformed how people travel across Massachusetts and Connecticut. But when one of these vehicles crashes, the aftermath is far more complicated than a typical car accident. Determining who’s responsible, the driver, the rideshare company, or another motorist, isn’t always straightforward, and getting full compensation can feel impossible without help.
Based in Springfield and serving clients throughout both states, Raipher, P.C. represents people injured in Uber and Lyft accidents, including passengers, other drivers, and pedestrians. With decades of trial experience and more than $100 million in verdicts and settlements, our firm brings strategy and firepower to cases where corporate insurers and multiple parties all try to avoid paying what victims are owed. Consultations are free, and you pay no attorney’s fee unless we win.
What makes rideshare accidents different
Rideshare crashes are not like ordinary car accidents. Uber and Lyft drivers use their personal vehicles, but when an accident occurs, commercial insurance may or may not apply. These cases involve overlapping coverage, corporate liability, and driver responsibility and understanding when each applies is critical.
Key differences include:
- Multiple Insurance Policies: Both the driver’s personal policy and the rideshare company’s policy may be involved.
- Active App Status: Insurance coverage depends on whether the driver was logged in, waiting for a ride, or actively transporting a passenger.
- Corporate Liability: Uber and Lyft classify drivers as independent contractors, complicating fault and responsibility.
- Complex Claims Process: Claims often go through corporate adjusters and multiple insurance carriers.
- High Evidentiary Standards: Companies fight aggressively to limit payouts, requiring precise documentation and legal skill.
These cases require an experienced rideshare accident lawyer who understands the systems and strategies of large transportation networks and knows how to beat them.
Understanding liability and insurance
Liability in Uber and Lyft crashes depends heavily on driver status at the time of the accident:
- App Off: Only the driver’s personal insurance applies.
- App On, No Ride Accepted: Uber or Lyft provides limited coverage for third-party injuries.
- Ride Accepted or Passenger Onboard: Full rideshare company coverage applies, often up to $1 million in liability protection.
Victims can include rideshare passengers, other motorists, pedestrians, or bicyclists struck by a rideshare vehicle. However, each type of victim faces unique legal challenges, especially when multiple insurers deny or delay coverage.
Raipher’s attorneys understand how to trace liability from the driver’s actions to corporate policies, ensuring that no responsible party escapes accountability.
Building a winning case
Winning a rideshare accident claim requires quick, strategic evidence gathering. Our team immediately secures:
- App Data And Trip Records: To confirm the driver’s active status at the time of the crash.
- Driver Logs And Communications: Showing ride acceptance, location tracking, or potential negligence.
- Witness Statements And Surveillance Footage: From intersections, businesses, or nearby vehicles.
- Vehicle Inspection Reports: Proving maintenance failures or unsafe conditions.
- Corporate Records And Insurance Policies: To establish coverage levels and identify liable parties.
Uber and Lyft protect their data aggressively, but we know how to compel the release of this information through subpoenas and discovery motions. The more evidence we secure early, the stronger your case and the better your chances for a full recovery.
Why clients choose Raipher
When powerful corporations stand between you and compensation, you need a firm that doesn’t back down. Raipher has taken on major insurers and corporate defendants for decades, recovering significant settlements and verdicts for people across Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Our attorneys combine courtroom experience with modern investigative tools to build cases that can’t be ignored. Whether you were an injured passenger, a hit driver, or a pedestrian struck by a rideshare vehicle, we’ll navigate the legal maze so you can focus on recovery.
We prepare every claim as if it’s going to trial because that’s how real results are won.
If you were hurt in a crash involving an Uber, Lyft, or other rideshare vehicle, don’t take on corporate insurance alone. Raipher handles rideshare accident cases on a contingency fee basis. That means there is no fee unless we win and no upfront costs. Contact us today for your free consultation. This is your shot at justice. Make it count.