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Yes. An injury lawsuit generally has to be filed within two years (Code of Civil Procedure §335.1), and a written claim against a city, county or other public agency within six months. If a child was injured, the two years usually don't start until age 18, but the six-month claim rule still applies (§352). Camera footage and other evidence can be gone much sooner, so it helps to call early.

No. We take Uber and Lyft accident cases anywhere in California, with offices from Stockton to Palm Desert. If you can't travel, we'll come to your home or the hospital.

Usually the driver who caused the crash, through their insurance. If that was your Uber or Lyft driver, the trip's $1 million policy applies. If it was someone else, that motorist's insurer is first in line, and if they carried none or not enough, the rideshare company's uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage can pay up to $60,000 per person for crashes since January 1, 2026, when SB 371 lowered it from $1 million. Your own auto policy may add more.

The answer turns on the driver's app status at the time of the accident. Logged off: their personal auto policy. Logged on, with no ride yet: at least $50,000 per person, plus a $200,000 excess policy. From ride acceptance to drop-off: $1 million. The company has to share the driver's log-on and log-off times with insurers, and your own uninsured motorist coverage can apply if the driver had no insurance, or a policy with lower limits than that coverage, even if you were walking or cycling.

Usually it doesn't come into play while the app is on. By law, a personal policy provides no coverage while the driver is logged on unless it expressly includes rideshare driving or carries a paid rideshare endorsement (Public Utilities Code §5434). That's why the law puts the rideshare coverage first, without waiting for a personal insurer to say no.

Under Proposition 22, Uber and Lyft drivers are generally independent contractors, not employees. Even so, state law makes sure rideshare insurance covers every driver who's logged on, and the company has to step in if a driver's own rideshare policy lapses. The amounts are minimums: §5433(f) doesn't limit what a company can owe above them. Whether Uber or Lyft owes more depends on how the crash happened.

Your claim usually survives. Under California's pure comparative fault rule, your share of the blame lowers the award but doesn't erase it, whether you were driving, cycling or crossing the street. A passenger usually has no share of the fault at all.

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