Assaulted in a
Rideshare
Injury Law Made Personal®
You did the careful thing. Instead of walking home, you ordered a ride and got into the back of a stranger’s car because an app told you he had been checked. When the driver turns off the route and the doors are already shut, Illinois asks the company that put him behind the wheel a fair question: what did it know, and what did it do about it? Ankin Law has fought for injured Chicagoans for over 35 years.
Call 312.600.0000 Free Case ReviewWhy a Rideshare Assault Is Not Your Fault
The Safe Way Home
A Friday night on a busy street, a ride booked on the app, a car waiting at the curb. Getting into it is exactly what people are told to do instead of walking home alone.
Off the Route
The driver turns off the busy street and into an alley. The app is still showing a route, the doors are shut, and the only person who knows where the car is going is the man driving.
Who Let Him Drive
What the company knew — complaints from earlier riders, a record its checks should have found, reports it never acted on — is what decides whether this was a crime nobody could have seen coming, or one somebody allowed.
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What Illinois Law Says About Rideshare Safety
Illinois law requires rideshare companies to run criminal background checks on their drivers before letting them carry passengers. A check that was skipped, rushed or ignored is where a case starts
A company is not an insurer of your safety. What creates the duty is notice: complaints from earlier riders, a driver’s record, reports the company received and did nothing about
is the Illinois deadline for an injury lawsuit, and longer only for a minor. The app keeps the trip record, the route and the messages — asking for them early matters
Who Pays — and What You Can Recover
The Rideshare Company
The company decides who drives, how it checks them, what it does with complaints and how it answers a rider in trouble. Its screening records, its complaint history for that driver and its trip data are the first things Ankin Law asks for.
The Driver
The man who did this answers for it in a civil case as well as a criminal one, whatever happens with the police. A civil claim is your case, on your timetable, about what was done to you.
What You Can Recover
Medical and psychological treatment, lost earnings, and what an assault by a driver you trusted actually costs you — pain and suffering and loss of a normal life. A civil case is about making that right, whatever the criminal case does.
Why Ankin Law Is the Right Call After a Rideshare Assault
The Trip Data Is Evidence
The route, the timestamps, the in-app messages and the driver’s history live on the company’s servers. They can be preserved, and the sooner they are asked for, the less there is to argue.
Confidential, and at Your Pace
Talking to a lawyer does not mean telling your story in public. Ankin Law handles assault cases with discretion, and nothing is filed or said to anyone without you deciding.
No Fee Unless You Win
You pay nothing to start and nothing unless Ankin Law recovers for you. The consultation is free and confidential, and there is no obligation to hire anyone. Howard Ankin has been doing this for over 40 years.
Get Your Free Case Review
Assaulted in a rideshare? If you were harmed by a driver a rideshare company put behind the wheel, the trip record is evidence and it should be preserved now. Contact us today for a free, confidential consultation with no obligation.
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