{"id":2810,"date":"2021-12-13T05:03:09","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T10:03:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2021-12-10T16:06:30","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T21:06:30","slug":"what-to-do-after-being-an-accident-with-a-lyft-driver-after-recent-court-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/what-to-do-after-being-an-accident-with-a-lyft-driver-after-recent-court-case\/","title":{"rendered":"What to do after being an accident with a Lyft driver after recent court case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">First Circuit Decides Important Case About Lyft Drivers\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Rideshare services like Lyft and Uber have changed the world. Users can request a ride from pretty much anywhere on their app, making it a convenient option for nights out, trips to the airport, and even everyday use. These new apps have made taxis nearly obsolete. However, in the past couple of years, concerns have arisen regarding the compensation structure of these apps. The apps make it very easy to become a driver, raising safety concerns. Further, rideshare drivers were some of the essential works most at risk during the pandemic and did not receive hazard pay. The First Circuit decided his week a case that decides whether Lyft drivers are workers engaged in interstate commerce in the case of\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/law.justia.com\/cases\/federal\/appellate-courts\/ca1\/20-1373\/20-1373-2021-11-05.html\"><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cunningham v. Lyft<\/span><\/em><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">What happened in the\u00a0<\/span><em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Cunningham\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">case?<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"read_more_link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/what-to-do-after-being-an-accident-with-a-lyft-driver-after-recent-court-case\/\"  title=\"Continue Reading What to do after being an accident with a Lyft driver after recent court case\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Circuit Decides Important Case About Lyft Drivers\u00a0 Rideshare services like Lyft and Uber have changed the world. Users can request a ride from pretty much anywhere on their app, making it a convenient option for nights out, trips to the airport, and even everyday use. These new apps have made taxis nearly obsolete. However, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-injury"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What to do after being an accident with a Lyft driver after recent court case &#8212; Massachusetts Criminal Defense Lawyer Blog &#8212; December 13, 2021<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"First Circuit Decides Important Case About Lyft Drivers\u00a0 Rideshare services like Lyft and Uber have changed the world. 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