Bothell Lyft Accident Lawyer

Lyft accidents feel like they come out of nowhere. Unfortunately, a split second’s negligence can leave you struggling with bills for months to come. If you want to financially recover from a collision, you need help. You can turn to Phillips Law Firm and its Bothell Lyft accident lawyers for support through these trying times.

Our law firm has a proud history of working with Washington State families. We’ve collaborated with clients for over 20 years and secured hundreds of millions in settlements in that time. You can trust our rideshare accident lawyers in Bothell to break down the legal process in plain English, making it all the easier for you to walk the road to recovery.

You Don’t Have to Accept a Settlement Offer From Lyft

It takes a lot of money to recover from a Lyft accident, especially if your accident seriously injures you or does a lot of damage to your car. Liable parties, including Lyft representatives, may recognize the costs you have to pay and offer you an accident settlement that will supposedly help you make ends meet while you recover.

Unfortunately, the first settlement offer you receive from a liable party likely won’t cover the real cost of your recovery. Most of the time, these offers are made in hopes that a liable party won’t have to pay more in the future.

You are under no obligation to accept a settlement offer from Lyft, its drivers, or any of the other parties involved in your accident. In fact, we recommend discussing any offers you receive with an experienced Bothell car accident lawyer before accepting. Our team can challenge attempts to undervalue your losses and negotiate for the support you actually deserve.

You Can Contact a Bothell Lyft Accident Lawyer After a Collision

Our Bothell personal injury lawyers do more than help you determine whether or not a settlement acknowledges the full reality of your losses. Our team can also work with you to file an insurance claim, pursue a personal injury claim, and otherwise manage your recovery.

You have the right to reach out to an attorney within hours of your accident. Our team usually recommends that you contact an experienced lawyer within a few weeks of your collision, even if you’re not sure whether or not you want to take legal action against a negligent driver.

We Can File Your Insurance Claim

Fortunately, Lyft provides drivers who meet certain criteria with insurance following an accident. Drivers must prove that they were on duty, ferrying passengers (or on their way to pick up passengers), and using Lyft’s app if they want Lyft to offer them coverage after an accident. 

If drivers don’t meet the aforementioned criteria, they may have to rely on their own coverage to supplement the cost of an accident. But what does this mean for you? It means you can file an insurance claim to ask for help paying for your medical bills and property damage.

More specifically, our Bothell Lyft accident attorneys can help you compose an insurance claim. We can then negotiate with insurance claims adjusters on your behalf, putting a quick stop to any attempts to minimize your losses or deny your claim.

We Can File Your Personal Injury Claim

Unfortunately, it’s often a fight to make insurers recognize the reality of your losses after a Lyft accident. If you’re struggling to secure the compensation you need to recover, you can file a personal injury claim against the party liable for your losses.

To file a personal injury claim, you need to prove that:

• A Lyft driver or other affiliated party owed you a duty of care at the time of your collision
• That party engaged in avoidable negligence at the time of your accident
• That negligence played a direct role in your collision
• You suffered economic losses as a result of that party’s negligence

You also need to file all of the paperwork relevant to your claim before Washington State’s personal injury statute of limitations (Wash. Rev. Code § 4.16.080(2)) expires. This statute allows you to take up to three years to compile a case. If you take any longer, you put your right to financially recover from your accident at risk. Fortunately, our team can help.

Bothell Lyft Accident Lawyer Near Me (800) 708-6000

We Use Strong Evidence to Make Your Case

You can’t file an insurance claim or personal injury lawsuit without proof that someone else wrongfully put you in harm’s way. Fortunately, working with an experienced attorney makes it easier to gather that evidence. Our team collaborates with experienced investigators to assess the scene of your accident for physical debris and environmental damage.

We can then collect electronic data from Lyft’s app to determine whether or not a driver was behaving appropriately at the time of your collision. We can supplement those findings with video footage, photos, witness statements, and testimony from police officers, emergency responders, and other experts.

All this effort makes it harder for insurers, Lyft, and liable drivers to minimize your losses. Fortunately, you don’t have to directly contribute to the evidence-gathering process. We’ll get our boots on the ground while you focus on recovering. That said, any bills, invoices, and expense reports you can collect may positively impact your fight for support.

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Book a Free Case Consultation With Phillips Law Firm Today

Lyft performs an invaluable service to Bothell residents. Unfortunately, its drivers aren’t infallible. Inattentive Lyft drivers may accidentally or deliberately put you in harm’s way and increase your risk of a serious accident.

Fortunately, you don’t have to struggle to recover from your losses. Collaborating with a Lyft accident attorney in Bothell, WA, gives you the chance to demand fair compensation for your losses from Lyft, its drivers, and other affiliated parties. You can trust Phillips Law Firm to stand with you and make your fight to recover simpler.

You can contact our law firm today to book a free Lyft accident case consultation.

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