Jared Hoffa:
What can a driver expect to recover financially?
Bryant Greening:
Well, the first thing is the medical bills. So you do not want to be in debt based on the treatment that you had to receive at no fault of your own. Somebody else causes an accident, all of a sudden you're going to the hospital, you're in physical therapy, you need pain management, god forbid you need a surgery.
All of those bills are going to be taken care of, so you're not going to lose anything.
And then each case, as you said, is different. But, you know, a small case, a driver can walk away with, you know, $5,000 in their pocket. A much bigger case, it could be $5 million.
And it's just a matter of how much of the medical bills, how much, you know, damage was there to the person's body where they were treating, how long was the treatment, and what are the diagnoses that require these procedures.
So it can be any—any range. But we're always working to accomplish two goals, which is: one, make sure the driver doesn't walk away with debt that they shouldn't incur; and two, to make sure that their pockets are actually, you know, money in them because they have suffered losses that the law requires they be compensated for. Whether you drive for a living or rely on rideshare apps to get around town, getting into a car accident is a stressful, disorienting experience. If you find yourself in a collision as an Uber driver, Lyft driver, or a passenger in Chicago, the actions you take in the moments and days following the crash are critical.
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