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Possibly. Talk to an experienced Philadelphia taxi accident lawyer to find out.
In many ways, Philadelphia taxi accidents do not differ from any other kind of motor vehicle accident. The majority of them happen because someone – usually, but not always, the driver of one of the vehicles involved in the crash – did something careless or reckless. In those instances, the person at fault often has a legal liability to anyone who got hurt, subject to the limitations imposed by Pennsylvania’s (somewhat complicated) no fault auto insurance rules.
In some ways, however, taxi accidents in the City of Brotherly Love differ from your ordinary car or truck accident. For one thing, people who get hurt as passengers in a taxi may have the benefit of insurance coverage that Pennsylvania law requires all taxi drivers to carry. For another, people injured in a Philly taxi crash may encounter difficulty unraveling just who has a legal liability to them, particularly if the taxi driver caused the crash, because of how some cab companies structure themselves.
Bottom line: you may have the right to sue for injuries you suffered in a Philadelphia taxi accident, but it helps to speak with an experienced attorney to be sure.