When you walk around in the downtown area of a city, you shouldn't be surprised to see residents and tourists alike zipping around on rented electric scooters. There are a variety of companies that provide these methods of transportation in urban areas, making for a convenient way for people to get around. Your enthusiasm for electric scooters may be quickly diminished upon being injured by someone riding one. For example, perhaps someone were to run into you at top speed, causing you to fall over and sustain a serious injury. Talk to a personal injury attorney about your situation and consider the following legal targets.
The Rider
An obvious legal target in this situation is the person who was riding on the scooter. A rider is responsible for keeping the scooter under control and navigating away from pedestrians, and if the rider failed to do so, it's easy for your personal injury attorney to argue that he or she is responsible for your injuries. In most cases, the rider will have trouble refuting your claims about the accident and injury, especially if there were a handful of witnesses at the scene of the incident.
The Scooter Company
Your personal injury attorney may advise taking legal action against the electric scooter company under the premise that if the company hadn't provided scooters to people in the city, you wouldn't have been injured. Your attorney may also look at filing an injury suit against the scooter company because he or she knows that the company has deep pockets. It may thus be eager to reach a quick settlement with you, which can obviously be desirable. This can especially be true if your injury has received some coverage in the local media, as the scooter company will be keen on wrapping up the legal matter to prevent further coverage.
The City
In some situations, your personal injury attorney may believe that holding the city partially responsible for your electric scooter injury will be appropriate. His or her rationale might be that the city agreed to give the scooter company the approval to operate in the city, thus making the city partially complicit in your injury. Other factors may be worth exploring, too. For example, if the area in which you were hurt had narrow sidewalks or obstacles such as trees, it may have been difficult for the scooter rider to control the scooter immediately before hitting you.
Share10 October 2019
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