Uber Avoids Liability for Driver’s Assault on Passenger February 6, 2025 Uber Technologies “is not an insurer” and so when one of its drivers assaults a rider, the ride-hailing company is...
Massachusetts High Court Reverses, Says Uber Can Force Paralyzed Rider to Arbitrate June 11, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Uber can require that a passenger seriously injured in a crash involving an Uber driver go to arbitration over his...
Uber Sues Drivers’ Insurer Alleging Its Claims Practices Have Fueled Tort Litigation February 20, 2024 By Andrew G. Simpson Uber Technologies last Friday sued its drivers’ auto insurer for defense and indemnification regarding multiple lawsuits that are seeking to...
911 Call Shows What Happened When Young Man Entered Wrong House in SC January 25, 2024 By JAMES POLLARD COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A concerned college student asked police if they’d seen his fraternity brother early one Saturday morning...
Uber Driver Must Face Injury Claim for Picking Up Passenger 2 Feet From Curb October 19, 2023 Uber and one of its New York drivers who failed to pull within a foot of the curb when picking...
Court Clicks ‘OK’ on Uber’s Arbitration Agreement for Users’ Accident Claims September 13, 2023 By Andrew G. Simpson A notice in Uber’s digital registration process requiring ride-share customers to take any individual claims to arbitration is enforceable, a...
Uber Can’t Force Massachusetts Crash Victim to Arbitration November 2, 2022 By Andrew G. Simpson Uber cannot compel a passenger seriously injured in a crash involving an Uber driver to go to arbitration over his...
Judges Tosses Maryland Family’s Suit Blaming Uber for Driver’s Killing by Passenger February 7, 2022 By Michael Kunzelman A federal judge in Baltimore on Thursday dismissed a wrongful death lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. filed by the family...
No Criminal Liability for Uber in Fatal 2018 Arizona Self-Driving Car Crash March 6, 2019 By David Shepardson Uber Technologies Inc. is not criminally liable in a March 2018 crash in Tempe, Arizona, in which one of the...
Uber Settles Claims of Sexual Assault by Drivers November 4, 2016 By Joel Rosenblat Uber Technologies Inc. settled a lawsuit filed by two women who sought to hold the company responsible for alleged sexual...