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J. Alexander Law Firm has released a free online tool, the Rideshare Insurance Coverage Tool, that helps people hurt in an Uber or Lyft crash figure out which insurance policy applies to their situation.

Rideshare coverage confuses almost everyone, for one reason: it changes based on what the driver’s app was doing at the instant of the crash. The same driver in the same car can be backed by no rideshare coverage at all, a modest contingent policy, or a full $1,000,000 commercial policy, depending only on whether the app was off, on and waiting, or running an accepted trip. The tool walks people through that in plain language.

A person can answer a few short questions, where they were sitting in the crash, whether the driver’s app was on, whether a trip had been accepted, and who they believe caused it, and the tool returns the coverage that applies to their exact scenario. It also lets people flip through the four app phases on an illustrated phone and watch the coverage figure change in real time, so the rules become something you can see rather than something you have to take on faith.

The phases line up with Texas law. With the app off, the rideshare company’s insurance never applies and the claim runs through the driver’s personal auto policy, which in Texas can carry minimum limits of just $30,000 per person. When the driver is logged in but still waiting for a request, Texas requires a contingent policy of $50,000 per person and $100,000 per crash. The moment a driver accepts a trip, and through the entire ride, a $1,000,000 liability policy is live, along with uninsured and underinsured motorist coverage that most injured people never hear about.

“The single most valuable fact in a rideshare case is also the one people almost never know: was the app on, and had the driver accepted a trip,” said Josh Alexander, founder of J. Alexander Law Firm and a Marine Corps veteran. “That one timestamp can move a claim from a small personal policy to a seven-figure commercial one. We built this tool so people can understand what is at stake, and so they stop relying on what a driver or an adjuster tells them, because the truth is sitting in the app’s own data.”

The tool is direct about its limits. It states that it provides general information only, that it is not legal advice, and that actual coverage depends on the specific policies and the facts of the crash. It also makes a point the firm stresses in every rideshare case: a $1,000,000 policy is a ceiling, not a payout. The number matters because it is large enough that the full, documented value of a serious injury can actually be paid, rather than being capped by a thin personal policy.

Rideshare wrecks fall within the car accident work the firm handles across Texas. Anyone hurt in an Uber or Lyft, as a passenger, a driver, or in another vehicle, can use the tool and then reach the firm any time for a free case review.

About J. Alexander Law Firm

J. Alexander Law Firm is a trial ready Texas personal injury law firm representing injured people across Texas and Oklahoma, with offices in Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston, San Antonio, Canton, Oklahoma City, and Tulsa. The firm has recovered more than $36 million for injured Texans and brings more than 75 years of combined legal experience to car, truck, motorcycle, rideshare, pedestrian, premises liability, and wrongful death cases. Founder Josh Alexander is a United States Marine Corps veteran and has been named to the Super Lawyers Rising Stars list every year from 2022 through 2026. The firm offers free, bilingual case evaluations around the clock and charges no fee unless it recovers compensation for the client. Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

J. Alexander Law Firm 12801 N. Central Expressway, Suite 1100 Dallas, TX 75243 Phone: (469) 807-7480

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