This video discusses the complexities of accidents involving pizza delivery drivers, who are typically classified as independent contractors. It explains how this classification can shield pizza companies from liability. However, the law firm McCutcheon and Hamner investigates the control exerted by these companies over their drivers to seek larger recoveries for clients.
If you're in an accident with a pizza delivery driver, ensure everyone's safety first and call the police. Gather information from the driver and any witnesses, and contact a lawyer to discuss your case.
Yes, you may be able to sue the pizza company if it can be proven that they exerted control over the driver’s actions, which could establish liability.
Factors include how much control the pizza company has over the driver's work methods, such as delivery times and vehicle use. The more control they have, the more likely they could be held liable.
What do we all love? Pizza. What do we love more? Pizza delivered to our house. The question is what happens when wrecks involving pizza delivery drivers occur. Now pizza delivery drivers are most often independent contractors. The reason that's done that way is it tries to shield the pizza company, Pizza Hut, Domino's, Papa John's, whatever from liability. Okay. A lot of times it works but a lot of times it doesn't and it's on your law firm to figure out why not. Let me explain that to you. Pizza delivery drivers are most often identified as independent contractors and that's how the pizza company shields themselves. But if you have the right law firm like McCutcheon and Hamner we're going to look beyond that. We're going to look at the method and manner of control and that is did that pizza manufacturer or pizza company control the right and the manners and methods the way that driver delivers the pizza. Did they dictate to them the time they have to be there? What type of car they have to drive? How fast they have to have the delivery is made? So if they're maintaining that issue of control that is we're treating you like a regular employee and not an independent contractor then you get beyond the driver's insurance and you get to the in the pizza company insurance itself you get a larger recovery. So at McCutcheon and Hamner that's what we focus on. We don't look at the obvious hey the driver's independent contractor no at McCutcheon and Hamner we look for that right of control because we want the bigger better recovery for our client.
