Uber & Lyft Accident Lawyers in Savannah

The two-year deadline in a Georgia rideshare case

Georgia gives you two years from the date of the collision to file a lawsuit under O.C.G.A. § 9-3-33. That clock matters early in a rideshare case, because the most important proof is digital and controlled by the rideshare company. The driver's app status, GPS data, and trip records sit on Uber's or Lyft's servers, and obtaining them takes formal legal demands. We start that process quickly so the record of what the driver was doing is preserved.

Which insurance policy actually pays

The coverage available after a rideshare crash turns on what the driver's app was doing at the moment of impact. If the app was off, only the driver's personal policy applies. Once the app is on and the driver is waiting for a request, a limited contingent policy applies, and from the moment a ride is accepted until the passenger is dropped off, a much larger commercial policy is in force. Uber and Lyft do not volunteer which one was active. We obtain the driver's dispatch logs and app timestamps to establish the driver's status and unlock the correct coverage.

How Georgia's fifty percent rule affects your recovery

Under O.C.G.A. § 51-12-33, you recover nothing if you are found fifty percent or more at fault, and below that line your recovery is reduced by your share. In a rideshare crash the fault may involve the rideshare driver, another motorist, or a pedestrian in the crowded historic district, and each insurer works to push blame onto the other party or onto you. Passengers are almost never at fault, which gives an injured passenger a strong claim, and we build the case on the physical evidence and the app data so fault is assigned accurately. The most seriously injured are treated at Memorial Health University Medical Center, the only Level I trauma center in southeast Georgia.

Downtown pickups and the one-way grid

The squares and one-way streets of the historic district were laid out centuries before rideshare, and drivers hunting for a passenger stop suddenly, circle the wrong way, and block lanes to load and unload. A crash that grows out of an unsafe pickup is rarely the passenger's fault, and we document exactly where and why the vehicle stopped so the blame is placed correctly.

Serving rideshare passengers and drivers across coastal Georgia

Rideshare injury claims are handled from our Savannah office at 24 Drayton St, Suite 205, and we represent clients across Chatham, Effingham, Bryan, Liberty, and Bulloch counties. We serve people injured in Savannah, Pooler, Tybee Island, Richmond Hill, Rincon, Garden City, Port Wentworth, Statesboro, and Hinesville.

Reporting and filing your rideshare claim

A rideshare crash in the historic district is reported to the Savannah Police Department, while a wreck on I-95 or I-16 is investigated by the Georgia State Patrol. We obtain the correct report along with your records from Memorial Health, and for a Georgia crash we file in Chatham County State Court, with high-value claims heard in Chatham County Superior Court.

Speak with a Savannah uber & lyft accident attorney

Dealing with a rideshare company's insurer takes experienced local counsel. Call (912) 207-8799 for a free evaluation of your case. We work on a contingency fee basis, so you owe no attorney fee unless we recover compensation for you.

Common questions

My Uber stopped in the middle of a one-way street downtown to let me out and we were hit. Who is responsible?

Stopping unsafely in a travel lane to unload a passenger is a driving decision, and when it leads to a crash it becomes part of the fault picture. Responsibility can fall on the rideshare driver, on the vehicle that struck you, or on both, and we pin down where and why the car stopped so the blame is not simply handed to you.

I took the ride out to Tybee Island and the crash happened on the way. Does distance change anything?

No. The coverage still turns on the driver's app status at the moment of the crash, not on how long the trip was. We obtain the trip and app data for the exact time of the collision to establish which policy applies, whether the wreck happened downtown or on the road to the beach.

How do you prove what the driver's app was doing when the crash happened?

We issue formal demands to the rideshare company for the trip and app-status data tied to the exact time of the crash. That record shows whether the driver was offline, waiting for a request, or on an active trip, which determines the coverage available to you.