Who Can I Sue If I Was Injured As A Food Delivery Driver?

There are nearly 100,000 restaurants listed on Google Maps in the State of California. Knowing that, it is easy to believe there are some not listed and a small percentage that do not offer food delivery service through a third party or by an employee of the business. But what it tells the general public is that there are likely hundreds of thousands of people in California who work as part-time or full-time food delivery drivers. And at some point, those drivers face a safety issue or hazard that results in them suffering an injury when they are at work as a food delivery driver. When they suffer harm on the job, the most common question these injury victims have is who can I sue or can I file a worker’s compensation claim.

While this is not a simple question that can be answered in just a few words or sentences, please know that the dedicated and experienced legal team at Kenmore Law Group is here ot help you understand your rights and how the legal system will help to protect you after suffering a personal injury while working as a food delivery driver. All you need to do is grab the phone and reach out to our skilled office staff, who are available to take your call 24/7. There is never an answering service or voicemail system that would force you to wait for the critical, time-sensitive information you need to begin handling the debt and other challenges created by an injury that happened while working as a food delivery driver.

In addition to providing you with basic information and peace of mind regarding a reasonable outcome of this unfortunate event, the Kenmore Law Group staff will assist you in booking your free consultation with a seasoned food delivery driver personal injury attorney to review your case. At that meeting, you will provide all the basic facts and details of the incident and your injuries to the legal team at Kenmore Law Group. Once they have a full understanding of the injury incident, they will explain the legal merit of the case and your ability to pursue legal action or file a worker’s compensation claim to secure any benefits or compensation that is owed to you.

After this vital meeting, you will be well-prepared to begin making choices that will allow you to overcome expenses and other issues created when you suffered an injury while working as a food delivery driver. Please also know that even after receiving this helpful and valuable advice and guidance, you are never obligated to hire Kenmore Law Group, nor are you required to take any legal action or involve the California worker’s comp program to seek compensation or benefits. Our only goal is to ensure that all injury victims like yourself have the resources needed to evaluate your options and take the action that best meets your immediate and long-term needs. Please reach out to our caring staff at your earliest opportunity, as there are time limits for pursuing actions that could help resolve your hardship.

Common Food Delivery Driver Safety Issues That Cause Injuries
When you take a job at a restaurant or specifically as a food delivery driver, you think the job will be relatively simple and safe. You are spending a lot of time driving, but that is not an issue if you are a good driver and familiar with the community. However, there are many hazards that could cause you to suffer an injury while working as a food delivery driver, other than being involved in a car accident. Some hazards are specific to the restaurant or location where you receive the food, while others are more common in the area where you deliver the food. These issues can include:

• Food or drinks are spilled on the floor at the restaurant where you are getting the food, causing a slip and fall
• Damaged flooring or paved surfaces that cause a slip and fall or a trip and fall
• Missing or damaged floor mats in moist areas create a slip and fall safety issue
• Poorly marked or unmarked steps, ramps, or changes in elevation at the delivery site, causing a trip and fall
• Damaged flooring, steps, or ramps at the delivery location, causing trip and fall incidents

Injuries Often Faced By Food Delivery Drivers
Sadly, the harm sustained by a food delivery driver can range from minor cuts and bruises to severe injuries that can be life-altering or life-threatening. It is not uncommon for a food delivery driver to suffer one or more of these serious injuries if they slip or trip when carrying a large food order:

• Fractures, broken or shattered bones
• Compound fractures
• Complete joint dislocations with the potential for destruction of the soft connective tissue of the joints
• Back, neck, or spinal cord damage
• Facial injuries to the eyes, ears, nose, mouth, or the delicate skin on the face
• Severe lacerations and puncture wounds that can involve damage to internal organs and internal bleeding
• Partial or complete amputations
• Head injuries that can include a severe concussion, brain bleed, skull fracture, or other traumatic brain injury

Who Is To Blame For Your Food Delivery Driver Injuries?
After getting hurt while working as a food delivery driver, you are sure to be concerned about how you will get the help you need to cover medical expenses and other losses you face if you are unable to work. The help you receive after this workplace injury will vary based on your type of employment and status with the company. If you are an employee of the specific restaurant or delivery service that is facilitating the food delivery, you will typically be covered under the California worker’s comp program. Fortunately, this is one of the most robust worker’s compensation programs in the country, and it will provide you with a great deal of assistance

If you are employed by a service like DoorDash or Uber Eats as a subcontractor for the business, you are not going to have the same access to workers comp as would an employee of a company. In these cases, the most common way injury victims get help covering their injuries and lost wages is through a personal injury lawsuit. When you meet with the legal team at Kenmore Law Group, they will help you understand your how your employment status and the conditions that caused your injuries could factor into allowing you to file a personal injury lawsuit or open a worker’s comp claim.

All You Need To Know About A Worker’s Comp Claim In California
As an employee in California, your employer is legally obligated to provide worker’s comp coverage to you at no cost. The program is designed to provide benefits for almost any workplace injury. As an employee who is hurt while working as a food delivery driver, you can open a claim with the program to receive benefits that include up to $1M in medical care coverage and as much as 66% of your lost income if you are unable to work until you heal from your injuries, as well as other longer-term benefits. It is critical to understand that you have only 30 days from the date of the injury incident to open the claim with worker’s comp and that you are responsible for taking this action. If you wait longer than the allotted 30 days to open a claim, the request is almost certain to be denied. The worker’s comp experts at Kenmore Law Group can assist you in opening or processing a worker’s comp claim if you are facing issues and your employer is not helping you in this process.

When Can I File A Personal Injury Lawsuit?
If you are a subcontractor working for a food delivery service, you will likely need to file a personal injury lawsuit to get compensation for the harm you suffered. These cases are typically related to a safety hazard on a property that caused you to sustain an injury. All private and public property owners are legally obligated to maintain their property in a safe and hazard-free manner. If they fail to provide the required level of care, they can be deemed negligent in their duty of care. In addition when that negligence is found to have caused or contributed to the injuries of a person such as yourself, the property owner can be held liable for your losses and expense.

How Much Is The Average Personal Injury Lawsuit Worth?
As the victim of a personal injury, you must understand that there are no predetermined compensation amounts awarded by the court for these incidents. Instead, each case is independently evaluated, and the compensation awarded to the injury victim is based on their actual losses and expenses. Working closely with your Kenmore Law Group legal team, you will compile all the documentation needed to confirm your allowable expenses to be used in their process, which often include but are not strictly limited to:

• The cost of all legal services related to preparing, filing, and litigating your personal injury lawsuit
• The cost of all current and projected medical care related to your injuries, including diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation, as well as the cost of any therapy or counseling required to address the trauma of the incident and injuries
• The replacement cost of any personal property that was damaged or destroyed in the injury incident
• Your lost income if the harm you suffered prevented you from working at your regular job until you were fully healed and cleared by our medical care provider to return to the duties of your job

The Time Limit To Take Legal Action
All personal injury victims have two years from the date of their injury incident to file a lawsuit with the court. This time limit is strictly enforced, and there are very minimal exceptions that would provide the injury victim with added time to take legal action once the time has expired. Please reach out to the expert legal team at Kenmore Law Group to discuss your case and the time remaining for you to pursue legal action before it is too late.

The Cost To Hire Kenmore Law Group For Your Personal Injury Lawsuit
When you reach out to Kenmore Law Group to discuss your case, you will be pleased to confirm that we never charge any upfront legal fees or expenses to begin work on your case. Instead, our firm will take on any case with legal merit and only get paid once the matter has been resolved. At that time, you will have the compensation needed to cover your legal fees and other expenses. In addition, if our legal staff fails to win your case and deliver that much-needed compensation, you owe the firm nothing for our time and investment in preparing the case. Please make time at your earliest opportunity to reach out to the staff at Kenmore Law Group to explore this viable option to resolve the expenses and issues caused by an injury suffered when working as a food delivery driver.