Ledger Law Firm

In recent months, accidents involving self-driving cars have received plenty of attention and subsequent public outcry. In some respects, this outcry was inevitable following the first self-driving car death in March of 2018. While these dangerous and sometimes deadly accidents are all awful in their own way, the legal liability of self-driving car accidents may soon become a particularly troublesome…

While some may see self-driving cars as both the inevitable future and a necessary innovation for safer roads, it is clear that these ambitions have yet to be realized. Uber, for example, has dealt with blowback from the first self-driving car death involving an autonomous vehicle in March of 2018, and a Tesla driver passed away relying on a self-driving…

It goes without saying that drinking and driving in any amount is generally a bad idea for ridesharing drivers who wish to remain in good standing as an independent contractor for Uber or Lyft. And, while these companies do have strict policies against driving under the influence — Uber permanently deactivates the account of any driver who is caught driving under the…

Have you ever entered a rideshare vehicle and simply assumed the ride would be a safe one? Or, perhaps you recognize there is always an inherent risk on the road, but at the very least you assumed the vehicle itself was safe and in proper working order. It seems that even this lesser assumption would still prove inaccurate, according to…

A new startup aspires to offer insurance that gives Uber and Lyft passengers an additional sense of security when choosing a ridesharing vehicle as their mode of transportation. And, just like the Uber and Lyft apps, this insurance can easily be procured from the comfort of your phone. The company — Startup Sure Inc. — made their announcement in June of 2018…

Uber, Lyft and similar ridesharing companies have long argued they are tech companies, not transportation companies, thereby classifying their drivers as independent contractors. This has been a beneficial legal development for these companies since the companies can avoid paying drivers wages and additional benefits. And, more importantly for the purposes of personal injury law, companies are generally not liable for…

Although Uber has maintained a legal distinction as a tech company in the United States — in the EU, it is worth noting, Uber is considered a transport service — the fact remains that transportation is an integral aspect of its business model. To this end, Uber has an obvious interest in making sure that passengers arrive at their destinations safely. To this…