>> I REMEMBER A SWERVE PROFANITY.,AND A SOU I STILL HEAR MULTIPLE TIMES EVYER DAY, METAL ON METAL AND CRASHING GLASS. REPORTER: THE 31-YEAR-OLD FORMER CHEF AT BOSTON'S UNI RESTAURANT SAYS HE WILL SPEND THE REST OF HIS LIFE PARALYZED. HE BLAMES THE RIDESHARE COMPANY, UBER AND HIS DRIVER FOR INJURIES SUFFERED IN A CRASH IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS OF APRIL 30, 21.20 WILL GOOD IS SEEKING $63 MILLION IN CIVIL DAMAGES FOR PAIN, SUFFERING AND STILL CPOOMUNDING MEDICABIS.L >> THE PRICE OF DIGNITY, SHOWER READING A BOOK, I CAN'T GET OUT OF MY HOUSE. REPORTER: THE LAW SUIT SAYS THE DRIVER HAD 20 MOVING VIOLATIONS FOREBE THE APR CILRASH. >> FAILURE TO STOP, FAILURE TO YIELD SCHOOL BUS. >> WIIL I WAS IN AN UBER CRASH AND IT BROKE MY NECK. REPORTER: THE SAME VEHICLE AND THE SAME DRIVER SUSTAINED THIS DAMAGE TO UBER FROM ANOTHER CRASH MONTHS LATER. ACCORDING TO GOOD'S ATTORNEY SHARING PHOTOS. WILL GOOD SAYS WHEN HE WAS IN THE VEHICLE, THE DRIVER WAS GOING FAST.THE SUIT CLMS UBER DRIVERS SUCH AS YOHOU ARE PENALIZED FOR DELAYS AND FACE POTENTIAL TERMINATION IF THEY DO NOT MEET UBER EXPEATCTIO.NS >> WILL UBER SENT HIM TO PICK ME UP BUT THE PRICE WAS ALL MIN TE PAY. I DON'T WANT ANYONE ELSE TO PAY A SIMILAR PRICE. REPORTER: THE UBER DRIVER IS NOT INJURED. UBER DID NOT COMMENT. SAYING THEY CAN'T RESPOND TO PENDING LITIGATION
Man suing Uber, says crash left him quadriplegic
Updated: 11:32 PM EST Jan 28, 2022
A Massachusetts man is suing Uber and one of the company's drivers, claiming he was left a quadriplegic following a crash because the company was negligent.Attorneys for 31-year-old William Good said the crash happened on April 30, 2021, on Highland Avenue in Somerville. Good, who was a passenger in the vehicle, said he felt the vehicle swerve before it crashed into a parked car, according to his attorneys. The Uber driver allegedly asked Good to get up, insisting he was not injured, Good's attorneys claim.The lawsuit claims Uber "failed to appropriately screen, hire and supervise their driver, resulting in severe and life-changing injuries to Mr. Good, who is now a quadriplegic."“I struggle daily with the knowledge that this Uber employee was hired as a professional driver – the last thing he should have been hired to do. But most of all, I struggle to understand how a company that is so sophisticated has been completely unable to ensure the safety of its drivers on the roads,” Good said.Good is seeking $63 million in damages.Uber has not commented on the lawsuit.
A Massachusetts man is suing Uber and one of the company's drivers, claiming he was left a quadriplegic following a crash because the company was negligent.
Attorneys for 31-year-old William Good said the crash happened on April 30, 2021, on Highland Avenue in Somerville.
Good, who was a passenger in the vehicle, said he felt the vehicle swerve before it crashed into a parked car, according to his attorneys. The Uber driver allegedly asked Good to get up, insisting he was not injured, Good's attorneys claim.
The lawsuit claims Uber "failed to appropriately screen, hire and supervise their driver, resulting in severe and life-changing injuries to Mr. Good, who is now a quadriplegic."
“I struggle daily with the knowledge that this Uber employee was hired as a professional driver – the last thing he should have been hired to do. But most of all, I struggle to understand how a company that is so sophisticated has been completely unable to ensure the safety of its drivers on the roads,” Good said.
Good is seeking $63 million in damages.
Uber has not commented on the lawsuit.
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