Litigating E-Scooter Injuries and Deaths: Injuries on and by E-Scooters

E-scooters (whether Lime, Bird, Volt, Spin, or another brand) are the latest trend in urban mobility. E-scooters--easy to secure, pickup, and dropoff--exploded onto the scene in the last few years in almost 100 U.S. cities. Not surprisingly, an increase in people moving in ways that they have not before on streets and sidewalks has seen a rise in injuries and an increase in claims.

One set of claims concerns injuries to the e-scooter rider by others. Although it is tempting to view injuries to passengers as no different than injuries to cyclists and pedestrians, there are significant differences, especially concerning comparative negligence and foreseeability. An e-scooter rider can also incur injuries without any "help" from others and may wish to pursue claims against the suppliers arising out of the nature of the device, failure to warn, or poor maintenance.

Scooter riders can injure others, particulary pedestrians. In addition to the differences between e-scooter claims and more traditional injury claims discussed above, there is one other difference: although a car's driver may have vehicle-based insurance to pay a claim, a scooter's rider may not.

Listen as this panel of attorneys at the forefront of e-scooter claims provides factual, legal, and strategic guidance into this emerging class of claims.