DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub are all some of the biggest names in food delivery today. There have been delivery drivers on the road for years, though, from the earliest pizza deliveries to PostMates drivers bringing you pharmacy essentials. These drivers have to uphold roadway laws like everyone else on the road. When they don’t, they put more than your food in danger.
If you get into an accident with a food delivery driver in Austin, TX, you have the right to pursue a personal injury claim against the party liable for your losses. Which party can you name legally accountable for your accident, though, and what can you get out of your complaint? You can discuss the benefits of a food delivery lawsuit with Zinda Law’s personal injury lawyers in Austin.
Our Austin personal injury lawyers want you to have every opportunity you deserve to hold a negligent party accountable for the wrongs done to you. Whether that means going to court or entering private negotiations, you can count on Zinda Law Group to stand up for your best interests.
You Need Evidence to Build a Food Delivery Driver Accident Case
Before taking legal action against the party responsible for your accident, you need to know why your accident took place. After all, food delivery drivers owe you a duty of care. These drivers can violate that duty via accidental or purposeful negligence. That negligence can take the form of distracted driving, intoxicated driving, drowsy driving, or misconduct.
How do you determine which form of negligence contributed to your losses? You look at the evidence available at the scene. How did debris scatter? What do bystanders or social media accounts say happened? Is there video or photo evidence of your accident as it took place?
Our attorneys can gather all the information relevant to your food delivery driver accident case and analyze it for relevance. We can then integrate that evidence into a narrative describing your accident. When the time comes to file your case, we can refer back to that evidence-based narrative to hold the right parties accountable for your losses.
John (Jack) Zinda
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Over 100 years of combined experience representing injured victims across the country.
Available 24 / 7|Free ConsultationWho Can You Hold Liable After a Food Delivery Driver Accident?
Unfortunately, evidence isn’t the end-all, be-all in accidents involving corporate drivers. You have to determine what contracts certain parties operate on if you want to hold the right party accountable for your losses.
Companies Hire Independent Contractors to Avoid Liability
The vast majority of delivery drivers today work as independent contractors. The contracts distinguish them from employees, ensuring that corporations don’t have to provide their contractors with the usual benefits or protections associated with an employee position.
What does this mean for your case? It means that if you get into an accident with an independent contractor working as a food delivery driver, you may only hold that individual liable for your losses. You may not sue the corporation the independent contractor partners with.
Corporations Can Assume Responsibility for Employees’ Roadway Misconduct
You can only take legal action against a delivery driver’s corporation when said driver works as the corporation’s employee. Corporations assume legal responsibility for misconduct exhibited by on-duty employees.
In other words, if the driver who hit you was on the clock and categorized as an employee, you may find yourself taking a corporation like Uber Eats or DoorDash to civil court. Don’t worry, though. Zinda Law’s food delivery driver accident lawyers in Austin, TX, can mediate with a corporation’s legal team on your behalf.
Neil Solomon
Partner
Real results matter. We do not get paid unless we win your case.
Available 24 / 7|Free ConsultationEvidence Helps You Establish Your Right to Accident Damages
The evidence our team gathers from the scene of your accident doesn’t only help us establish liability. It also helps you argue for your right to post-accident damages. You must have the means to defend your request for certain forms of compensation, including coverage for:
- Food delivery driver accident emergency response services
- Long-term medical expenses
- Property restoration, repair, and replacement
- Emotional distress
- Pain and suffering
- Lost wages
As our attorneys bring evidence from the scene forward, we can outline how we can use said evidence to win your right to the aforementioned damages. You can count on Zinda Law to establish an estimate of your case’s value before we submit your personal injury claim to an Austin civil court.
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Attorney
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Available 24 / 7|Free ConsultationFile Your Civil Claim Before Your Statute of Limitations Expires
You are legally obligated to bring your personal injury claim against a food delivery driver forward before Texas’s statute of limitations on personal injury cases expires. Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code section 16.003 outlines that statute and restricts your actionable time to two years.
That two-year filing period begins on the same day that your accident takes place. If you don’t bring your food delivery driver accident claim forward before the statute expires, Texas civil courts do not have to consider your request for compensation.
How can you file your claim in time, though, if you’re contending with debilitating or life-changing injuries? You can request that a food delivery driver crash lawyer in Austin fill out your paperwork for you. Zinda Law can compose and format your complaint long before your statute of limitations expires, ensuring your right to legal action.
Cole Gumm
Attorney
We are here to ensure you won’t have to face this difficult time alone.
Available 24 / 7|Free ConsultationLet Zinda Law Investigate Your Food Delivery Driver Crash Today
It’s hard to overstate the convenience of food delivery today. Apps and stand-alone businesses alike call on delivery drivers to improve their sales. That said, the businesses that employ delivery drivers need to train their drivers if those drivers are to operate safely on the road. Businesses and drivers who violate their duty of care on the job can cause serious accidents.
Fortunately, you can work with the food delivery driver crash attorneys in Austin, TX, to address an accident caused by a negligent driver. Zinda Law can help you determine who to hold liable for your losses and what damages to demand in your personal injury claim. You can request more information about a possible lawsuit by contacting our team online or by phone today.
Jason Aldridge
Attorney
We have successfully represented clients in a wide variety of cases across the country.
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