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Settling a Maryland Uber accident case efficiently gets you the compensation you deserve after an Uber collision. Rideshare services like Uber have become essential to daily life, providing convenient transportation options for residents and visitors across Maryland. But getting into a car with a stranger is scary. As an Uber passenger, you may be unfamiliar with driving. You may not understand how auto insurance operates. Or, as a driver, you may be wondering who is responsible for your passenger. How do you get your car repaired? Do you need to go through the Uber app to get compensated for your injuries? Our Maryland car accident attorneys have handled Uber accidents since Uber’s inception in 2009. Moreover, we have handled over 10,000 car accident cases since our firm’s founding in 1954.
Settling a Maryland Uber accident case involves navigating multiple factors that can significantly impact the outcome. We will discuss the factors that not only make up what your case is worth but also influence whether we can settle your case before trial. Just because you have a viable claim does not mean we can settle your case. As we will discuss, there are several reasons why an insurer may deny a claim. However, just because they deny the claim does not mean you do not have a right to compensation. If we file a lawsuit against the driver who negligently injured you in the accident, the insurer will be contractually required to defend and indemnify their insured should we prevail at trial. For this reason, they generally prefer to avoid the expense and settle the case, which happens about 95% of the time.
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Countless factors influence the settlement of a Maryland Uber accident case. Ideally, we will settle your case for what we believe your case is worth. But before discussing how to evaluate a claim, you should understand that our ability based on the evidence available also plays an integral role in whether we can settle your case. Even if your damages are substantial, if the defense team knows we lack sufficient evidence to meet our burden of proof, they may be willing to take their chances at trial. Let’s look at an example. Suppose that you are in a rear-end accident as an Uber driver. It will be relatively straightforward to prove that the adverse driver failed to stop before colliding with your vehicle.
But now, suppose that a car tried to merge into your lane and sideswiped you. The other driver may argue that it was actually you who tried to merge into his lane, not the other way around. Our attorneys can hire expert witnesses to testify that, based on the property damage to the vehicles, it must have been the other driver who was negligent. However, a competent defense team likely will hire their own expert witnesses. So, the message from this analysis is if liability is harder to prove at trial or more costly, we may be incentivized to take a slightly lower settlement offer. This strategy is about mitigating risk and hedging your chances of success.
Besides liability, you should be aware of other factors that influence a Maryland Uber accident settlement.
The severity of your injuries determines nearly everything else that goes into valuing your case. Serious injuries require extensive medical treatment and often cause you to miss weeks or even months of work. These two burdens increase the value of what your case should settle for. Suppose you suffer a severe brain injury; you may require in-home care for the rest of your life. This is an expensive medical cost. A brain injury not only costs you thousands of dollars in past medical costs, but we must calculate what your future costs will be.
If we go to trial, we must hire an expert witness to make this calculation. As expert witnesses are expensive and reduce how much money you ultimately receive, we try to settle your case when possible. Of course, if we file a lawsuit and go to trial, hiring an expert witness, while expensive, is necessary to meet our burden of proof.
Non-economic damages also play a significant part in the value of your case, which we will discuss next.
Loss of enjoyment of life is one key aspect of non-economic damages. These are harder to calculate when we are settling your Maryland Uber accident case. It is also a subjective calculation, unlike the economic damages discussed above. Determining the value of this form of damages requires us to consider how a jury will view you. Are you a sympathetic plaintiff? If you were an Uber passenger, a jury may offer more sympathy because they understand you played no part in the accident. Moreover, if you missed an important meeting or the birth of your niece because of the Uber accident, the jury considers this as non-economic damages, too.
The time it takes to settle a Maryland Uber accident case depends on several factors. Settling a Maryland Uber accident case takes, in general, the same amount of time as any car accident case in Maryland, with one exception. Many times, if you are an Uber passenger, you may forget to get information from the at-fault party in the accident. You may be young, startled, or unsure of what to do after an accident. You can still gather pertinent information by reporting the accident on the app if you neglect to gather pertinent information. Besides this, below is a list of factors that can delay your case in a car accident case.
With over 70 years of experience, our attorneys stand ready to settle your Maryland Uber accident case. Call our office today for a free case evaluation.
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