Delivery Workers · E-Bike & Moped Accidents
New York delivery worker accident lawyer.
The apps call you independent. Your injuries are very real.
Tens of thousands of New Yorkers deliver food and packages by e-bike and moped, in traffic, in weather, on the clock for apps that call them contractors. When a car strikes a rider or a door swings into a bike lane, the rider has real claims, and insurers count on them not knowing it.
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The case against the driver.
The core claim belongs to you against the driver who hit or doored you, paid by that driver's liability insurance. Dooring is negligence; New York law requires that a door not be opened into moving traffic until it is reasonably safe. Hit and run and uninsured driver cases have their own paths to recovery, including MVAIC, but those routes carry short notice requirements, so report the crash to police immediately and call quickly.
The insurance games played on riders.
Insurers treat two-wheeled victims as expendable. They contest benefits, blame the rider, and exploit genuinely unsettled questions about how no-fault applies to e-bike and scooter riders. Do not negotiate that terrain alone. We pursue every benefit arguably available from the striking vehicle's policy and press the full liability claim regardless of how the benefits fight resolves.
Roadway defects and the City.
Some riders are not hit at all; they are thrown by a crater in the bike lane or a failed steel plate. Claims against the City for roadway defects exist but are technical: a 90 day notice of claim and, for many defects, a requirement of prior written notice to the City. These cases live or die on immediate photographs and fast filing.
The employment angle the apps hope you ignore.
App and restaurant delivery workers frequently have wage claims running alongside the injury case: unpaid minimums under New York City's delivery worker pay rules, misclassification, and stolen tips. If you were employed by a restaurant, workers' compensation applies too, alongside the claim against the driver. We look at the whole picture, because the injury is rarely the only thing they owe you.
Deadlines.
Generally three years against the driver, 90 days for claims involving the City, and shorter windows for hit and run and MVAIC filings. Immigration status does not bar any of it.
Questions people ask us.
I am undocumented. Can I really bring a claim?
Yes. Immigration status does not bar an injury claim in New York and does not prevent recovery for medical costs, lost income, and pain and suffering. Consultations are confidential.
The car that hit me drove off.
You may still recover through uninsured motorist coverage in a household policy or through MVAIC, but those paths have strict, short notice requirements and generally require a prompt police report. Act on this within days, not months.
The app says I am an independent contractor.
That label limits what the app owes you directly, but it has nothing to do with your claim against the driver who hit you, and the label itself is often wrong, which can create a separate wage and misclassification claim worth pursuing.
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Notice of claim against New York City and most public entities.
No-fault insurance application after a motor vehicle accident.
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