Mar 20, 2022 · May 1, 2022 - Uber violated federal law by providing "as little information possible" to courts and police, resulting in lawsuit claims. Soha Malik, who worked for Uber, claimed in her lawsuit she was fired because of raising concerns about how the Bay Area ride-sharing company responded to official orders to produce information.
Feb 02, 2022 · Shannon Liss-Riordan, a prominent labor attorney known for pursuing lawsuits accusing gig economy companies like Uber, Lyft and DoorDash of misclassifying their drivers as independent contractors...
Apr 04, 2017 · CHICAGO (CBS) -- A 25-year-old woman has sued Uber for damages, after another woman cut her face in January when the two shared an UberPOOL ride. Jennifer Camacho's attorneys said she got into the...
Apr 23, 2021 · Christopher Kauders sued after he was denied service three times in 2015 and 2016 because he wanted to bring his guide dog on an Uber ride. The ride sharing app has also tried, with mixed results, to force its drivers into arbitration and argued against them from being granted class action status.
According to its own safety report, Uber admits 1000s of passengers have been sexually assaulted when using its service. The company has been opera...
Uber is being sued by passengers who contend that the company did not do enough to ensure their safety, particularly through its scrutiny of driver...
The number of Uber ride sexual assaults is unknown, simply due to the fact that the vast majority of sex crimes go unreported. Uber itself reported...
It is not clear how many physical assaults have occurred on Uber rides, but many passengers as well as drivers have reported physical assaults, inc...
The statute of limitations on sexual assault, i.e., the maximum amount of time that can elapse before legal proceedings are initiated, differs from...
Each sexual assault case is unique and, therefore, the level of compensation can differ substantially. But passengers have sued Uber for large amou...
The husband broke his leg and the wife suffered from a significant brain injury that resulted in multiple surgeries. In their lawsuit, the plaintiffs alleged that Uber failed to properly ensure adequate training and supervision of its drivers. The case ended in 2017, after the parties reached a confidential settlement. ( Day v. Parra and Uber Technologies, No. 16-005071 CA 02)
2015: Federal Lawsuit Against Uber. Two Jane Does brought a case against Uber in 2015, claiming Uber drivers sexually assaulted them. Jane Doe #1 alleged that her driver tried to sexually assault her while he was driving and that after he stopped the vehicle, he continued the assault.
Dozens of women have filed lawsuits against Lyft over sexual assault and other instances of misconduct committed by individuals driving for the rideshare company's app-based service. The plaintiffs claim that Lyft doesn't do enough to screen its drivers, and fails to properly protect female passengers. The first of these lawsuits "claim the company knows it has a 'sexual predator crisis' but has declined to implement 'obvious and straightforward safety procedures'," according to the San Jose Mercury News, which reports that "lawyers for the plaintiffs plan to add hundreds more alleged victims" to this " mass tort " action.
In September 2019, the plaintiff filed suit against Lyft under more than ten legal theories— including common carrier negligence, vicarious liability, and negligent hiring, retention, and supervision —alleging that her Lyft driver kidnapped her at gunpoint, leading to her sexual assault.
In 2013, an Uber driver struck and killed a six-year-old girl as she walked through a crosswalk with her family. At the time of the accident, the driver was allegedly logged into the Uber app, although did not have a passenger.
In other instances, Uber and Lyft passengers have been the targets of sexual assault and other misconduct committed by rideshare drivers. When a passenger takes legal action over injuries sustained in a rideshare vehicle, a key issue is that companies like Uber and Lyft classify (or try to classify) their drivers as independent contractors, ...
Ridesharing has grown from something of a niche form of transportation to a mainstream option almost everywhere. But as with any other form of transportation, accidents happen, and rideshare passengers suffer injuries as a result. In other instances, Uber and Lyft passengers have been the targets of sexual assault and other misconduct committed by ...
In November, the 23-year-old college student filed suit against the tech giant arguing she was hit and seriously injured by another car because her driver failed ...
Emily Wu shows injuries she suffered after being hit by car. On Jan. 15, approximately two months after the lawsuit was filed, the Uber app updated its terms and conditions. Like most people, Wu accepted them without reading the fine print.
She also used Lyft, but eventually logged back into Uber. Emily Wu shows injuries she suffered after being hit by car. Photo courtesy of Emily Wu.
Uber Tries to Drive Back Legal Rights on Brooklyn Woman Who Sued After Accident. A ride-share in Brooklyn, April 23, 2020. Emily Wu accepted Uber’s new terms of service in January without thinking much about it. The Brooklyn woman didn’t realize that the seemingly routine click on her phone would be used by the ride-share company in a bid ...
It is unclear if Uber’s new rules will stick in court. In January, Massachusetts highest court tossed Uber’s move to push a blind man’s discrimination case to arbitration. The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court concluded the terms of condition didn’t apply in part because few people read and understand them.
California sues Uber, Lyft over alleged labor law violations. California is suing ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft, alleging they misclassified their drivers as independent contractors under the state’s new labor law. FILE - In this Aug. 28, 2019, file photo dozens of supporters of a measure to limit when companies can label workers as ...
Lyft, however, vowed to work with the attorney general and other officials to "bring all the benefits of California’s innovation economy to as many workers as possible, especially during this time when the creation of good jobs with access to affordable health care and other benefits is more important than ever.”.
Jerome Gage, a Los Angeles Lyft driver, said in a statement that drivers haven't been given personal protective equipment during the pandemic. “I am terrified of getting sick as passengers cough and sneeze in my car constantly. Uber and Lyft have abandoned drivers and passengers by failing to provide personal protective equipment,” said Gage, ...
Uber said in a statement it would contest the lawsuit in court "while at the same time pushing to raise the standard of independent work for drivers in California, including with guaranteed minimum earnings and new benefits.”.
A federal judge in February denied Uber and Postmates' request for a preliminary injunction that would have exempted them from the law. But separately, a federal judge in January indefinitely blocked the law from applying to more than 70,000 independent truckers, deciding that it is preempted by federal rules on interstate commerce.
LOS ANGELES -- California sued ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft on Tuesday, alleging they misclassified their drivers as independent contractors under the state's new labor law. Attorney General Xavier Becerra and the city attorneys of Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco announced the lawsuit Tuesday.
Common carrier accidents and passenger injuries are two topics that fall under tort law, specifically, negligence. Negligence refers to an individual’s failure to use reasonable care that results in damage or injury being done to another person.
Another tort law issue that often appears during Uber accident lawsuits are the concepts of vicarious liability and independent contractors.
As discussed above, ridesharing services lawsuits can be tricky because the law varies by state and it is constantly changing. Therefore, whether you are a driver or a passenger involved in an Uber accident, you should contact a local Uber attorney for further assistance with your case.