Why Do Rideshare Drivers Cause Accidents?

Why Do Rideshare Drivers Cause Accidents?

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Rideshare drivers get into accidents, just like other drivers. But if their negligence is at least part of the cause, you may be entitled to compensation for your injuries. Recent research involved a survey of rideshare drivers and the possible causes of their accidents.

What are Rideshare Companies?

There are two rideshare companies in the United States — Uber and Lyft. They work through smartphone apps, though those with disabilities can call the companies to arrange rides. After downloading the app, you can seek drivers to reach your destination. You pay the driver through the app. You can rate the driver on the app to tell others about your experience, and drivers can rate you, too.

Uber started in 2009 and, by 2022, had $31.8 billion in revenue. Worldwide that year, the company, according to Ride Share Guy:

  • Provided 64 billion trips
  • Had 131 million active monthly users
  • Had 5.4 million drivers
  • Operated in 72 countries and more than 100,000 cities

Lyft launched in 2012 and is Uber’s main competitor. It has about a quarter of the rideshare market, while Uber has the rest.

Who Drives for Ridesharing Companies?

Both companies attract drivers by stating they would work for themselves (they’re not employees of these companies, but independent contractors), full or part-time. They should screen drivers before they start and take dangerous ones off their systems.

Gridwise reports the results of a 2020 survey of 750 rideshare drivers are as follows:

  • They are mostly older than 30, with the biggest share (28%) in their 50s
  • 77% are male
  • 48% are married, and 17% are divorced
  • 63% have children
  • 62% drive full time
  • 55% have college degrees (bachelors and or graduate degrees)
  • 66% drive for Uber and Lyft

To drive for Uber, you must pass a background check, have at least one year of driving experience, and have insurance if you drive your car. Drivers may be removed from their system for poor passenger ratings, reports of unsafe driving, or an accident.

Is a Trip with a Rideshare Company Dangerous?

The study, published this year in the Journal of Safety Research, found that they don’t always drive with the safest habits or under the best conditions. However, they may be a safer option than driving if:

  • You’re intoxicated or under the influence of drugs (illegal, prescription, or over-the-counter)
  • Your vehicle is unsafe to drive
  • Your physical or mental health makes you unsafe to drive

The research is based on a survey of 277 rideshare drivers. Ninety-one, or about a third, reported being in a work-related accident. Researchers found the following risk factors for these accidents:

  • The driver is older
  • Driving ten or more trips daily
  • Driving on unfamiliar roads
  • Driving while tired

Other issues that can increase the risk of an accident include the following:

  • Smartphone use while driving
  • Risky passenger behavior
  • The need to work longer and take more trips to earn more causes driver fatigue

If your driver is not acting responsibly, if it’s safe, ask to be let out of the vehicle and get a ride with another driver. You can also report their driving to the company whose app you use.

Do Rideshare Drivers Carry Enough Insurance?

While their apps are on and drivers seek customers or drive them to their destination, each company offers passengers up to $1 million in accident insurance. Otherwise, drivers are covered by their insurance. Smart drivers will buy commercial insurance (personal vehicle coverage won’t cover you if driving is part of a job or business) with high coverage, but others may skimp on that to save money.

One million dollars is enough to cover most accidents, though it may not if catastrophic injuries or death are involved.

Depending on the circumstances, parties other than the driver may be partially responsible for the accident and provide additional financial recoveries. Other drivers may be at fault. Uber or Lyft may be accountable if your driver has a record of dangerous driving, but they failed to prevent them from using their system or didn’t remove them after getting unsafe driving complaints.

Speak To a Louisville Rideshare Accident Attorney Near You

We are your boots on the ground if you have been injured in a severe accident involving a rideshare driver in Kentucky. Call Satterley & Kelley PLLC to speak with a skilled accident injury lawyer today. Call our office in Louisville toll-free at 855-385-9532 or complete our contact form to get started.

How Do I Prove My Pain and Suffering

How Do I Prove My Pain and Suffering?

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Whether you’re dealing with an accident injury or an asbestos-related disease, you may be enduring physical pain, emotional distress, anguish, depression, or anxiety. These are all natural responses to your situation and would be considered damages that can be recovered.

Damages are losses or harm that can be measured in dollars in an insurance claim or lawsuit. They can include concrete things like expenses or lost earnings and less tangible things like pain and suffering. Damages are critical to your case’s settlement value and what a jury could award you. Without damages, you don’t have a case.

What is Pain and Suffering?

In the legal context, they are the physical, psychological, and emotional distress you experience due to the injury caused by the defendant (the party being sued).

How Do I Prove I Endured Pain and Suffering?

You, the plaintiff, have the burden of proving your damages. An insurance company, judge, or jury won’t just take your word for it. Although pain and suffering are not concrete, that doesn’t mean you won’t have evidence and testimony to prove it.

Medical Records

    Medical records are essential because you didn’t create them, and they should be seen as impartial. Doctors, nurses, or other medical professionals should provide detailed information about your condition and the treatment you received. Records should include tests and scans used to diagnose you, document your progress, and your description of your physical pain and emotional status.

    These records can be used by your physician and an outside medical expert who can testify that, given these types of injuries, a person would be expected to feel a given level of pain, discomfort, or anxiety. Insurance companies also use them to estimate your case’s settlement value.

    Because they’re so important, you must do your best to ensure they’re accurate. When you speak with a healthcare professional, you may feel the need to engage in happy, small talk to get a conversation started. Maybe you want your doctor to feel positive about what’s happening and avoid sounding like a whiner. What you say may be written down. You must be truthful, but the more upbeat you sound, the less likely someone reading your records will think you’re in pain. Being honest is far more important than being chatty.

    Videos

    We may hire a production company to create a “day in the life” video of a client showing how they live their lives and their challenges and limitations. These videos can be compelling and show a jury what you’re dealing with. Sometimes, clients and their families may shoot similar videos. Though they’re not very polished, they can also tell your story.

    Witness Testimony

    Your treating physician can discuss your pain and suffering based on their observations and notes. Family and friends could also discuss how they witnessed your life before and after the accident, how pain limits you, and how you’ve described it.

    Journal/Notes

    Keeping a journal of your condition, life, and emotions can be very helpful. Over time, you may forget certain incidents or issues, and notes will help you remember. However, if we use our journals, they will be read by complete strangers, so there will be a loss of privacy.

    How Might an Insurance Company Respond?

    Depending on your situation and the evidence of your pain and suffering, an insurance company may claim you’re not injured or in pain or your injury and pain aren’t as bad as you claim.

    They will have medical experts to review your records, and they may examine you. They may have the opinion you’ve been misdiagnosed, or your injury is limited, and you shouldn’t be in as much pain as you claim.

    During a deposition or testimony, the insurance company will ask you, witnesses, your physician, and medical expert questions to try to discredit your statements about your pain and anguish.

    The carrier may also use against you statements you made to others or on social media. You may discuss activities or show photos or videos of you doing things that would be difficult or impossible if you were as limited or experiencing the level of pain you claim. If you do that, you may have seriously damaged your case.

    An insurer may hire private investigators to follow you to observe your activities and how well you’re living your life. They hope to find you fully living and enjoying your life, so your claims do not appear credible.

    An important part of representing clients is preparing how an insurance company may defend a case and their tactics to try to dismiss it or limit your damages award. We thoroughly prepare our clients and witnesses so they know what to expect and respond truthfully in a way that will help the case move forward.

    Speak With A Satterley & Kelley, PLLC Attorney About Your Claim

    Our lawyers can answer your questions, address your concerns, and discuss how you may obtain compensation for your injury or illness. To learn more, contact our law offices online or by telephone toll-free at 855-385-9532. You can also visit our office in-person.

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    How Can a Pre-Existing Condition Affect My Personal Injury Claim?

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    If you have a chronic medical condition or suffer long-term consequences of an injury, you may face an injury caused by another party’s negligence. While this adds another issue to your case, it’s not the end of the road. You can still be compensated for the harm caused by an accident.

    Millions of Americans and Thousands of Kentuckians Have Chronic Health Problems

    About 129 million Americans, out of a population of about 327 million, have at least one chronic medical condition, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). They state that the southeastern US, especially Kentucky, has some of the highest rates of chronic medical conditions in the country.

    Mathematica estimates that as of 2018, 425,376 Kentucky residents aged 18 to 64 were considered disabled out of a population of 2,678,563, or almost 16% of this group. The Kentucky Department of Public Health states the following health issues are more common here than in the rest of the US:

    • Arthritis
    • Cardiovascular disease
    • Depression
    • Diabetes
    • Oral health problems
    • Obesity
    • Respiratory diseases

    If there’s an accident in the state that injures someone, there’s a good chance they have a chronic illness or are affected by a prior injury.

    How Will a Chronic Health Condition or Prior Injury Impact My Personal Injury Case?

    The impact depends on how you’re injured and how you’re affected. Your health condition or past injury may have no effect on how this new injury affects you. Your knee replacement or foot injury may have nothing to do with how a shoulder or traumatic brain injury affects your health or your ability to live your life.

    It gets more complicated when this new injury worsens or aggravates your old injury or is impacted by your chronic condition.

    If a defendant is found responsible for causing you harm, the fact that you’re more susceptible to worsening your condition doesn’t let the defendant off the hook. Damages (your harm, measured in dollars) aren’t based on what an average or “normal” person would suffer in the accident. They’re based on what you’re dealing with.

    You can be affected by more than just a worsened prior injury. Other issues concern your health before and after the accident. Your arthritis, diabetes, or obesity may make your recovery longer and more difficult. Your existing depression may worsen due to the accident and resulting injuries.

    In these situations, your damages award or settlement would be based on how the accident’s injury worsened your life, not what your recovery would’ve or should’ve been if you never had these conditions.

    What Recovery Could I Get for the Accident?

    You would be eligible for compensation for how the accident worsened your physical and mental health and ability to function. If you had a prior knee injury, and despite treatment and rehabilitation, it impacted your life. On a scale of zero (you have no pain or limitations) to ten (your knee can’t function, and you’re in extreme pain), let’s say you would rate your situation a two.

    You’re later involved in a collision with a commercial truck, which further injures your knee, making your life worse. After the accident, treatment, and rehabilitation, you rate your situation as a six. Through an insurance claim or lawsuit, your damages claim would be based on the fact your health challenges went from a two to a six, not from a zero to a six.

    How Would This Be Decided?

    In every personal injury case, we must establish a client’s health, capabilities, and quality of life before the injury. That gets a little more complicated if there’s a preexisting injury or health condition that may complicate recovery. We would use your medical records before and after the accident to show how this new injury affects you.

    Your healthcare providers could testify about your life and health before and after the accident. A medical expert may also review your medical records, examine you, and testify to their opinion.

    The other party’s insurer will also look at your medical records and may hire a medical expert. Using the prior example, the defense may argue your life before the accident:

    • Wasn’t a two. It was a six, so you don’t deserve any compensation since the accident didn’t cause any additional harm
    • Was a four, so they’re obligated to compensate you, but there is less harm to your quality of life than you claim, so they shouldn’t pay you as much as you want

    If we can’t work out a compromise and settle a case, it would be up to a jury to decide if a defendant caused your injuries and, if so, how much they should compensate you.

    Speak To a Satterley & Kelley, PLLC Car Accident Lawyer Today

    You may be compensated for your harm if you suffered an injury due to another party’s negligence. Satterley & Kelley PLLC lawyers can protect your legal rights and interests while pursuing an insurance claim or lawsuit.

    Schedule a free initial consultation to discuss your accident and injuries by calling our Louisville office at 855-385-9532. If it’s more convenient, complete our contact form.

    Facts Telling Your Accident’s Story Can Be Revealed During the Discovery Phase

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    Your case will be filed in court unless your personal injury claim settles beforehand. As the process continues, it will undergo the discovery phase, in which both sides give each other different evidence. It’s a critical part of the litigation process.

    This is an opportunity to tell your story and learn about the insurance company’s defenses and the details of your case’s strengths and weaknesses. Given what parties could learn, it often leads to negotiations and settlements.

    Where Does All This Start? Court Rules

    Kentucky’s rules of evidence lay out the groundwork for what the parties must produce and what’s considered privileged so they can keep to themselves. That includes the following:

    • Rule 402: “All relevant evidence is admissible, except as otherwise provided by the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by Acts of the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Kentucky, by these rules, or by other rules adopted by the Supreme Court of Kentucky. Evidence which is not relevant is not admissible.”
    • Rule 401: ‘”Relevant evidence” means evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.’
    • Rule 403: “Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of undue prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence.”

    There are many other reasons to exclude evidence, including it’s privileged by the fact:

    • A party created a document while anticipating or preparing for litigation
    • Evidence involves discussions between an attorney and their client about the case or something relevant to it

    Whether something is relevant and admissible in court is only the start for facts or material sought in discovery, according to Kentucky court rules:

    “Parties may obtain discovery regarding any matter, not privileged, which is relevant to the subject matter involved in the pending action, whether it relates to the claim or defense of the party seeking discovery or to the claim or defense of any other party, including the existence, description, nature, custody, condition and location of any books, documents, or other tangible things and the identity and location of persons having knowledge of any discoverable matter. It is not ground for objection that the information sought will be inadmissible at the trial if the information sought appears reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence.”

    State court rules spell out the discovery methods available to clients and their attorneys:

    • Depositions: Fact and expert witnesses are put under oath and asked questions by both parties’ attorneys
    • Written interrogatories: Written questions
    • Production of documents or things: The parties can be asked to provide documents (on paper or stored electronically), objects, information, and data
    • Permission to enter upon land or other property for inspection and other purposes: If something important occurred at a particular private property, the parties can ask to go there, inspect it, take measurements, or do other things helpful to their investigation or case
    • Physical and mental examinations: If a person’s psychological or physical situation is an issue, a party could be subject to an examination by the other side’s expert
    • Requests for admission: This asks a party to admit or deny a series of statements. They can help narrow down disputed issues and may force a party to admit something damaging to their case

    As you can see, both parties have a lot to work with.

    What are the Limits on Discovery Requests?

    There are limits to what a party can ask of or seek from the other beyond privilege protections. Discovery is to shed light on a case, not harass or trick someone into mistakenly stating or admitting something harmful. Some grounds to object to a discovery request include that it’s the following:

    • Repetitive
    • Argumentative
    • Seeks speculation by the party
    • In many parts and difficult to understand
    • Irrelevant or overly broad
    • Seeking a legal conclusion
    • Vague or ambiguous
    • Unduly burdensome
    • Seeking documents or information in the other party’s possession

    One side may want as much information as possible to help build the case or defenses, while the other party wants to narrow the scope so it’s easier to respond to and less likely to produce something damaging. If not worked out amongst the attorneys, discovery objections can be decided by the case’s judge.

    Speak To A Satterley & Kelley, PLLC Personal Injury Attorney Today

    Discovery is a set of tools that help us build up your case and try to tear down the insurance company’s defenses. Thanks to our many years of representing injured clients like you, we use these tools to the greatest extent possible.

    If someone else’s negligence caused injuries to you or a loved one, Satterley & Kelley PLLC lawyers can protect your interests and legal rights to compensation.

    Schedule a free initial consultation by calling our Louisville office at 855-385-9532 so we can discuss your situation. If it’s more convenient, complete our online contact form instead.

    Accident Liability at Large Public Events: Who is Responsible?

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    Key Takeaways:

    • Large public events can become dangerous when traffic and pedestrian safety are not properly planned.
    • Event organizers may be held liable if unsafe conditions lead to injuries or death.
    • Personal injury claims often depend on proving negligence and failure to provide reasonable safety measures.

    Large events can bring thousands of people into areas that are not designed to handle heavy traffic or increased pedestrian activity. Without proper planning, crowd control, and safety measures, these situations can quickly become dangerous.

    Serious injuries, including fatalities, can occur when organizers fail to take reasonable steps to prevent attendees and others passing through the area.

    Who is Liable for Accidents at Large Events?

    Large public events often involve multiple parties, including:

    • Event organizers
    • Property owners
    • Vendors
    • Transportation providers
    • City, state, and local governments

    When safety planning is not handled properly, any one or combination of these parties may be held responsible for injuries that occur.

    When Event Organizers Are Responsible for Injuries

    Event organizers must take reasonable steps to control traffic, manage crowds, and provide safe access for pedestrians.

    Personal injury cases are built on the negligence legal theory. Individual claims are based on the facts of the situation. To have a successful case, you, the plaintiff (the injured party filing the complaint), must show that it’s more likely than not that:

    • Due to the relationship between you and the defendant (the party sued), they owed you a legal obligation or duty to do or not do something given the situation
    • The defendant breached that duty or failed that obligation
    • That breach or failure is the legal (or proximate) and factual cause of the accident
    • The accident caused you harm
    • Under Kentucky law, the defendant must pay you damages (a measurement of your injury in dollars)

    These same legal principles often apply when accidents happen at events. So if you can prove negligence, then the event organizer can be held liable for injuries.

    Types of Events Where Serious Accidents Can Happen

    Someone can be injured or killed at any event. But in terms of large, public events, these incidents typically occur during:

    • Sporting events
    • Festivals and fairs
    • Concerts
    • Conventions and trade shows
    • Large private events open to the public

    Any large event that brings heavy traffic to an area not designed for large crowds has an increased risk of someone getting hurt.

    Example of a Serious Accident at a Large Public Event

    A pedestrian was killed during a Professional Golf Association (PGA) tournament in Louisville. Large events and lots of people crossing roads not designed for pedestrians can result in severe injuries and, in this case, a fatality. Without proper planning and management of vehicles and people, it’s just a matter of time before there’s a serious accident.

    Louisville police reported that a pedestrian crossing Shelbyville Road on the morning of May 17, 2024 near the Valhalla Golf Club was struck and killed by a shuttle bus, according to Golfweek. The victim was described as an employee of one of the PGA Championship vendors.

    Most of us have never been to that area, let alone inside a golf club as nice as this one. But at some point, we’ve been a part of a big event, maybe a football game or fair, where pedestrians get to where they want to go, and there’s too much traffic to be sanely managed by the few law enforcement officers or volunteers present. Maybe there are crosswalks and stoplights, maybe not.

    Why Accidents at Large Events Can Be Preventable

    Shortly after the accident, one of the players was arrested after apparently striking an officer trying to control traffic. As Louisville resident Pat Forde of Sports Illustrated points out, that shouldn’t be the day’s big story. It’s the fact that someone trying to get to work was killed in a traffic accident, one that Forde thinks was just a matter of time.

    “The building blocks of a tragedy have been in place for a long time at Valhalla Golf Club. This is a logistically difficult setup for entry and exit, with people always searching for a workaround to avoid long delays and difficult commutes. Trouble has been avoided for decades, but the potential was always there.

    Poor Planning and Heavy Traffic Create Dangerous Conditions

    There is a lot of foot traffic into and out of Valhalla during major competitions, and no safe passage for those pedestrians along a crowded thoroughfare. It’s become a traditional sight: fans (and even workers) on foot along Shelbyville Road, which has two lanes each of eastbound and westbound traffic and a center turn lane.

    There is only one way in and out. And there are no sidewalks and no crosswalks in the vicinity of Valhalla. But that doesn’t stop people from finding parking spots at nearby businesses or adjacent neighborhoods and walking to and from the course that sits on the north side of the road.

    Over the years, parking has progressively become harder to come by on or near the property.

    Most fans park at the Kentucky Fair & Exposition Center some 18 miles away and are shuttled in. The media rides shuttle buses from about eight miles away. As such, the bus traffic on Shelbyville has been heavy all week and delays have been considerable.

    Combining that traffic with the number of people on foot in an area not suited for pedestrians, and what happened Friday is not completely shocking…

    In the Show Must Go On haste of a major championship, the availability of the No. 1 golfer in the world to play the second round of a tournament somehow became the most important part of a sad and terrible morning. A man was dead, an arrest was made…and people were worried about a tee time.”

    The tournament, which was held at a golf club in New York last year, was expected to draw about 225,000 spectators, according to WXXI.

    Speak To a Satterley & Kelley Personal Injury Lawyer Today

    If you’re a pedestrian struck and injured by a vehicle, Satterley & Kelley, PLLC lawyers, can protect your interests and legal rights to compensation for your harm.

    Call our Louisville office at 502-589-5600 or toll-free at 855-385-9532 to schedule a free initial consultation. You can also contact us online to reach a Satterley & Kelley PLLC lawyer.

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    Are Parents Responsible for Injuries Caused by Their Children?

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    If you’re injured in an accident caused by a minor, their parents may be at fault.

    To ensure maximum compensation, it’s in your best interest to speak with a local car accident attorney ASAP before you accept any settlements from the insurance company.

    Key Takeways:

    • Parents may be held liable for damages and injuries caused by their children in a car accident.
    • Laws vary by state and the circumstances of the crash.
    • In Kentucky, injured parties can sue the parents of a driver under state statutes and common law.
    • Seeking compensation from parents can result in higher payouts.

    Parents Have Statutory Responsibility for Minor Children in Kentucky

    In Kentucky, the statutory section of KRS 186.590(1) clearly states that:

    Any negligence of a minor under the age of eighteen (18) who has been licensed upon an application signed…when driving any motor vehicle upon a highway, shall be imputed to the person who signed the application, if required, of the minor for the license. That person shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for any damages caused by the negligence.

    Joint and several liability means that if there is more than one defendant, a successful plaintiff can seek payment from one or both by any amount they see fit.

    The next part of the statute gives an exception when the minor, to get a license, shows proof of financial responsibility, then the parent isn’t liable. A parent (or any vehicle owner involved) could also be held liable under the third part of the statute, which states:

    Every motor vehicle owner who causes or knowingly permits a minor under the age of eighteen (18) to drive the vehicle upon a highway, and any person who gives or furnishes a motor vehicle to the minor shall be jointly and severally liable with the minor for damage caused by the negligence of the minor in driving the vehicle.

    Under the statute, as long as you can show the minor negligently drove, the parents who signed for his license and or provided the vehicle may need to compensate you for the harm you suffered in an accident.

    Parents May Also Be Liable Under Common Law – Negligent Supervision

    If the statutes fail to provide an avenue for recovery, another option is common law. These cases fall under what’s called “negligent supervision,” which is based on the fact a parent must exercise reasonable care to ensure their minor child doesn’t intentionally harm another or create an unreasonable risk of bodily harm to another. Liability can occur if, failing to exercise that due care, the parents make it possible and probable the child will injure someone else.

    The plaintiff (you, the injured party) needs to prove the following:

    • A duty or obligation by the defendant
    • That duty is breached
    • An injury is caused
    • The breach is the factual and legal (or proximate) cause of the injury
    • Kentucky law obligates the parents to compensate you for the harm you suffered

    The parent must exercise reasonable care to control their minor child to prevent them from intentionally harming others or creating an unreasonable risk of bodily harm to others if the parent:

    • Knows or has reason to know they can control the child
    • Knows or should know of the need and opportunity to exercise that control

    The parent’s duty to control a minor child is based on the foreseeability of the child’s dangerous conduct. The child need not have done the same thing before. The duty to control the child may arise when:

    • The child previously committed a very similar act
    • Some circumstances make it foreseeable that the child might later commit the same act again

    Parents are not required to see the future. They can’t be liable if the child hadn’t shown the behavior in question in the past, or if they had, the parents were unaware of it and should not have been aware of it.

    Under the statute, if the parents signed for the minor’s license and or provided the vehicle, the plaintiff need only show the minor driver negligently caused the accident. With a common law claim, you’d need to show the minor driver’s and the parent’s negligence in providing the vehicle.

    Why Holding the Parents Responsible Can Impact Your Settlement Claim

    When you’re injured in a car accident, you can sue the at-fault party for damages. If the injuries are caused by a minor, their insurance may be more limited compared to going after their parents directly.

    Suing the parents for negligence means you can potentially go beyond the auto insurance policy of the driver.

    There may be additional compensation if the parents have a personal umbrella policy, which likely extends to their minor children.

    Speak To a Satterley & Kelley, PLLC Vehicle Accident Injury Lawyer Today

    If you’re the victim of an accident caused by a minor driver, Satterley & Kelley PLLC lawyers can protect your interests and rights to compensation for your injuries and losses.

    Schedule a free initial consultation so we can discuss your case. Call our Louisville office at 855-385-9532, locally at 502-589-5600, or complete our contact form online.

    FAQs

    Are parents liable for children’s car accidents?

    Yes, parents can potentially be held liable for car accidents caused by their children.

    Are parents responsible for bodily injuries caused by their children?

    Yes, in addition to property damage from an automobile accident, parents can also be held liable for injuries caused by their children. This can include medical bills, surgeries, rehabilitation, pain and suffering, and more.

    Are parents liable if their adult children are in a car accident?

    Generally, parents are not liable for car accidents caused by their adult children. But a parent may be included on a claim if they own the vehicle, co-own the title, or insure the vehicle.

    Are parents responsible for car accidents caused by their child who doesn’t have a license?

    Yes, parents are typically liable if an unlicensed teenager causes a car accident. Especially if they own the vehicle or facilitated the teen’s driving.

    Can you sue a minor for a car accident?

    Yes, if you were in a car accident with a minor, you can sue them for damages. All drivers in Kentucky are responsible for their actions on the road, regardless of their age. But since minors often don’t have many assets, it’s common for claims to be pursued against their parents or their family’s auto insurance policy.e can discuss your case. Call our Louisville office at 855-385-9532 or complete ourcontact form if it’s more convenient.