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You know today when I

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travel, typically I

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use Lyft or Uber to

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get from

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location to location.

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It's very rare these

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days that I actually

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call for a taxi.

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So let's talk about

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accidents involving

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Lyft or Uber.

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Now, most of the time

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your driver for Lyft

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is an independent

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contractor.

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And what

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does that mean?

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Well, it means that

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they are paid by Lyft,

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but they operate on

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their own terms.

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So if they cause a

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wreck, theoretically

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you can't get to Lyft

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and their

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insurance coverage.

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But the difference

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between Tom and I and

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McCutcheon-Hammer,

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what we do is we look

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beyond that.

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We just don't say,

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"Oh, it's a Lyft

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driver. They're an

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independent

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contractor."

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No, that's

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not what we do.

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What we do is we look

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for the

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right of control.

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What all was Lyft

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doing with

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that driver?

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Were they telling the

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Lyft driver

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where to go?

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Were they requiring

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him to be on the job

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for a certain

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number of hours?

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How is he paid?

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Because if you can

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show that Lyft

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maintains a greater

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right of control,

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then the independent

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contractor

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status is removed.

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And then that's when

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you can make a

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significant recovery

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for you or the loved

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one who has been

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injured due to the

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negligence of

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a Lyft driver.