Join personal injury attorneys Zach Pyers and James Perry for an overview of how rideshare services and micromobility options like e-scooters have impacted both the personal injury and insurance defense landscapes.
From rideshare and rental platforms to delivery services and every-day commuters, the type, regularity, and seriousness of these injury events raise important issues regarding liability, at-fault parties, causation, and/or infrastructure.
This CLE program provides a comprehensive overview of the unique legal issues that arise in Uber, Lyft, and micro-vehicle accident cases including but not limited to: theories of liability, potential causes of action, and parties that could share responsibility when an injury-causing event occurs.
- Overview
- Welcome and course objectives
- Brief discussion of the rise of rideshare and micromobility
- Regulatory Framework & Industry Landscape
- State and local regulations for rideshare and e-scooters
- Contractual relationships: drivers, companies, and riders
- Emerging trends and legislative updates
- Liability & Insurance Coverage Issues
- Determining fault in rideshare and scooter accidents
- Insurance coverage layers: personal auto, rideshare company, and gaps
- Common disputes and pitfalls in coverage
- Practical Strategies for Handling Claims
- Investigating accidents involving app-based transportation
- Evidence collection: digital data, GPS, and app logs
- Negotiation and litigation tactics
- Micromobility Specifics
- Specific issues that arise with micromobility
- Regulatory considerations in micromobility
- Liability framework in micromobility
- Introduction to and Short History of Micro Vehicles
- Emergence and evolution of micro vehicles
- Types of micro vehicles
- Appreciating the Critical Laws Related to Micro Vehicles
- Defining and appreciating micro vehicles
- Benefits v. costs
- Investigation Into and Analysis of Injury-Causing Events
- Working from the scene out
- Potentially responsible parties
- Potential theories of liability
- Potential defenses
- Insurance issues
- Key Takeaways
- Overview and general advice
- Q&A (As Time Permits)
Atticus Injury Law, PC
James G. Perry is a trial and litigation partner with Atticus Injury Law, PC, with a focus on personal injury and products liability matters. James is a former homicide prosecutor, who now handles catastrophic injury, wrongful death, government liability, premises liability, and defective medical devices and commercial products cases, among other areas. James also spends a great deal of time writing about and speaking on traumatic brain injuries and related neurocognitive issues. At his core, James is trial attorney, with over fifty jury trials completed, who serves as a Trial Coach for his alma matter, Berkeley Law School. He can be reached at james@atticusinjurylaw.com. Read More ›
Reminger Co., L.P.A.
Zachary B. Pyers is a Partner in the Columbus, Ohio, office of Reminger Co., L.P.A., and actively practices throughout Ohio and West Virginia. His practice focuses on civil litigation, including complex and class action litigation, corporate and commercial litigation, professional liability, and catastrophic loss. Zach also practices in the area of emerging technologies, having written and spoken extensively on the intersection of tort law with advancing technologies and changing business models. Read More ›
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Status: Approved
Credits: 1.50 General
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.50 General
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.50 General
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.50 General
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.80 General
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.50 General
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.80 General
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.50 General
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.50 General
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.50 Substantive Law, Practice, and Procedure
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.50 General
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.50 General
Status: Approved
Credits: 1.80 General
This presentation is approved for one and a half hours of General CLE credit in Alaska, one and a half hours of General CLE credit in California, one and a half hours of General CLE credit in Hawaii, one and a half hours of General CLE credit in Illinois, one hour of General CLE credit in Missouri, one and a half hours of General CLE credit in Nevada, one and a half hours of General CLE credit in North Carolina, one and a half hours of General CLE credit in Ohio, one and a half hours of Substantive Law, Practice, and Procedure CLE credit in Pennsylvania, one and a half hours of General CLE credit in Vermont, and one hour of General CLE credit in West Virginia. This program has been approved by the Board on Continuing Legal Education of the Supreme Court of New Jersey for 1.80 hours of total CLE credit. This course has been approved for Minimum Continuing Legal Education credit by the State Bar of Texas Committee on MCLE in the amount of 1.50 credit hours.
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