Rideshare Sexual Assault (Uber/Lyft)
Uber MDL bellwether in Charlotte, NC: federal jury found the driver committed battery (not sexual assault) for grabbing a passenger's inner thigh and awarded $5,000; Judge Charles Breyer had ruled Uber qualifies as a 'common carrier' under North Carolina law with heightened liability for driver misconduct — Uber vowed to appeal.
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Uber MDL bellwether in Charlotte, NC: federal jury found the driver committed battery (not sexual assault) for grabbing a passenger's inner thigh and awarded $5,000; Judge Charles Breyer had ruled Uber qualifies as a 'common carrier' under North Carolina law with heightened liability for driver misconduct — Uber vowed to appeal. (Fortune also reports an intervening California bellwether where Uber was found not liable.)
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Source: fortune.com