New Orleans Uber-Lyft-Rideshare Law

Published by The Pellegrin Firm July 27, 2019

The new world of Uber and Lyft has given us great new cost-effective ways to get around the New Orleans area. Also, these rideshare services provide hundreds if not thousands of people with a secondary or primary income on a flexible schedule. However, Uber and Lyft vehicles are still exposed to the usual risks and liabilities of driving. An accident with or in an Uber or Lyft rideshare vehicle can cause temporary or permanent disability and possibly hundreds of thousands in losses.

“Only an Insurance Company Could Come Up With the Policy Interpretation Advanced Here”

In a ruling dated July 2, 2019, a panel of the New Orleans-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected Cincinnati Insurance Company’s position that it did not owe coverage for exemplary damages in a drunk driving case because drunk driving is an intentional act and not an accident.  The first sentence of the Fifth Circuit’s opinion states: …