Rideshare Accident Lawyer in Wyoming

Wyoming's four-year personal injury SOL under Wyo. Stat. § 1-3-105(a)(iv) applies to rideshare accident claims. The filing deadline is not the primary urgency — Period determination is. The insurance tier that applies turns entirely on the driver's status at the moment of the crash: Period 1 (app on, no ride accepted) provides $50,000/$100,000/$25,000 plus UM/UIM under § 31-20-107; Periods 2-3 (from ride acceptance through ride completion) provide $1,000,000 primary. The difference is $950,000. Trip logs, GPS records, and app dispatch data must be preserved immediately — these records establish which Period applied and are the primary evidence for any coverage-tier dispute with the TNC.

Wyoming requires TNC drivers to disclose coverage status within 12 hours of an accident under § 31-20-107. This disclosure obligation gives injured victims a time-bound right to know which insurance tier applies — but it does not substitute for an attorney's independent verification. TNC apps and dispatch records establish the driver's exact status at moment of impact with far more precision than the driver's own post-crash disclosure. An attorney sends the preservation demand to the TNC within days of the crash, securing app records, GPS logs, and dispatch data before they are overwritten. Wyoming is a fault state with no PIP — there is no no-fault threshold to clear before accessing the tort recovery pathway.

Wyoming's four-condition IC test under § 31-20-110 creates a statutory safe harbor: if the TNC (i) does not unilaterally prescribe working hours, (ii) places no restrictions on other TNC platforms, (iii) places no restrictions on unrelated commercial activities, and (iv) has a written IC agreement, the driver is classified as an independent contractor — and the primary vicarious liability theory against the TNC is foreclosed. This is a more structured IC framework than many states use. However, IC classification does not eliminate all TNC liability. The TNC's own duties in driver screening — background checks, driving record verification, vehicle inspection requirements under § 31-20-103 — remain as a direct-liability theory if vetting failures contributed to the crash.

Wyoming's 51% comparative fault bar under § 1-1-109 applies to rideshare accident claims. Passengers in rideshare vehicles are rarely found at fault, but the TNC and any at-fault third-party driver will each attempt to push fault onto the other party, and coverage disputes can slow the resolution of victim claims. If a government road defect contributed to the crash, the Wyoming Governmental Claims Act under § 1-39-113 requires written claim presentation within two years of the act or omission. Wyoming's rural highway network — including the areas around Yellowstone, the Grand Tetons, and the I-80 corridor through southern Wyoming — means rideshare crash scenarios on government-maintained roads are not uncommon.