There's a question that we receive at least once per month: Can I Sue Workers' Compensation for Pain and Suffering? First, we must remember that if you are collecting workers' compensation, you are not allowed to sue your employer. In the legal work, pain and suffering is a type of damage that pretty much includes everything that affected your quality of life. Pain and suffering is something we collect in a personal injury lawsuit. The workers' compensation system was trying to simplify the process of an injured workers being compensated by his or her employer. So this came with a trade off. Employees do not have to probe that the employer was at fault for their injury. But this usually limits the payments for medical bills and wage laws.

Let’s say you are a passagen in Uber or Lyft and some other car crashes onto you. Well, on that point, the other car’s insurance is the one that is going to be responsible for compensating you. Let’s say you are a passenger in Uber and Lyft and the driver of your Uber or Lyft is the one that causes an accident. Well, because you are a paying customer and the app is on, the Uber or Lyft insurance is the one responsible for compensating you. How about if a Uber or Lyft driver causes an accident on your own car. At that point, it’s going to depend whether the Uber or Lyft had a paying customer inside his vehicle. If they didn’t have any passengers, then the Uber or Lyft’s driver insurance will be the one responsible for compensating you. But if they did have a paying customer, then at that point Uber or Lyft insurance with the 1 million dollars policy would be the one for compensating you.

Uber and Lyft or ride-sharing companies has completely changed the way we travel. However, the Uber and Lyft drivers drive so many miles every day that increases the chances of either being involved in an accident or causing an accident. Georgia fortunately has passed laws that require at least one million dollar policy on the Lyft driver, but it's all going to depend whether the app is turned on. Also, it's going to depend whether there's a paying customer, or who ultimately caused the accident. All of these things are going to have an impact on your claim....Let’s say you are a passenger in Uber or Lyft and some other car crashes onto you. Well, on that point, the other car’s insurance is the one that is going to be responsible for compensating you. Let’s say you are a passenger in Uber and Lyft and the driver of your Uber or Lyft is the one that causes an accident. Well, because you are a paying customer and the app is on, the Uber or Lyft insurance is the one responsible for compensating you. How about if a Uber or Lyft driver causes an accident on your own car. At that point, it’s going to depend whether the Uber or Lyft had a paying customer inside his vehicle. If they didn’t have any passengers, then the Uber or Lyft’s driver insurance will be the one responsible for compensating you. But if they did have a paying customer, then at that point Uber or Lyft insurance with the 1 million dollars policy would be the one to compensate you.

Uber and Lyft or ride-sharing companies has completely changed the way we travel. However, the Uber and Lyft drivers drive so many miles every day that increases the chances of either being involved in an accident or causing an accident. Georgia fortunately has passed laws that require at least one million dollar policy on the Lyft driver, but it's all going to depend whether the app is turned on. Also, it's going to depend whether there's a paying customer, or who ultimately caused the accident. All of these things are going to have an impact on your claim.

That’s something that you and I would have to discuss because it all depends what your case merits. If your case merits more money, then at that point yes, we should sue the insurance company and get more compensation for you.