{"id":1554301,"date":"2022-07-14T11:49:09","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T15:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554301"},"modified":"2022-07-14T11:49:25","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T15:49:25","slug":"uber-faces-lawsuit-from-more-than-500-women-claiming-drivers-kidnapped-raped-or-otherwise-assaulted-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uber-faces-lawsuit-from-more-than-500-women-claiming-drivers-kidnapped-raped-or-otherwise-assaulted-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Uber Faces Lawsuit From More Than 500 Women Claiming Drivers Kidnapped, Raped, Or Otherwise Assaulted Them"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fuber-faces-lawsuit-from-more-than-500-women-claiming-drivers-kidnapped-raped-or-otherwise-assaulted-them%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1554301&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Ride share company <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/uber\">Uber<\/a> is facing civil action from hundreds of women claiming that drivers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/sexual-assault\">sexually assaulted<\/a> them with various degrees of severity.<\/p>\n<p>According to a Wednesday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prnewswire.com\/news-releases\/uber-facing-lawsuit-from-sexual-assault-survivors-for-endangering-them-on-rides-and-failing-to-put-adequate-protections-in-place-301586028.html\">press release<\/a> from law firm Slater Slater Schulman, female passengers across multiple states have been \u201ckidnapped, sexually assaulted, sexually battered, raped, falsely imprisoned, stalked, harassed, or otherwise attacked by Uber drivers.\u201d The firm represents roughly 550 clients in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUber\u2019s whole business model is predicated on giving people a safe ride home, but rider safety was never their concern \u2014 growth was, at the expense of their passengers\u2019 safety,\u201d Adam Slater, founding partner of Slater Slater Schulman, said in the press release. \u201cWhile the company has acknowledged this crisis of sexual assault in recent years, its actual response has been slow and inadequate, with horrific consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Uber\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/us\/en\/ride\/safety\/\">website<\/a>, new drivers must complete background checks, while current drivers are vetted annually. The company received more than 3,800 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.uber.com\/newsroom\/2022-us-safety-report\/\">safety<\/a> reports \u201cacross the five most severe categories of sexual assault and misconduct\u201d in 2019 and 2020. Uber and competing platform Lyft <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/uber-lyft-introduce-program-to-share-information-about-drivers-accused-of-abusive-behavior\">announced<\/a> a partnership in March 2021 to create a joint database for drivers accused of sexual assault and other crimes \u2014 a move meant to stop drivers from switching between companies following bans over inappropriate behavior.<\/p>\n<p>The law firm claimed that Uber \u201cbecame aware\u201d of drivers sexually assaulting and raping female passengers as early as 2014, but overlooked typical background check standards in the interest of more quickly onboarding new drivers. The firm listed several alleged examples of sexual assault carried out by Uber drivers \u2014 including a February 2022 attempted rape in Chino Hills, California; a November 2021 rape in Perris, California; and an October 2021 attempted rape outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is so much more that Uber can be doing to protect riders: adding cameras to deter assaults, performing more robust background checks on drivers, creating a warning system when drivers don\u2019t stay on a path to a destination,\u201d Slater continued. \u201cBut the company refuses to, and that\u2019s why my firm has 550 clients with claims against Uber and we\u2019re investigating at least 150 more.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>An Uber spokesperson told <a href=\"https:\/\/fortune.com\/2022\/07\/14\/uber-bad-week-gets-worse-550-women-sue-allegations-including-kidnapping-rape-false-imprisonment\/#:~:text=Uber%20is%20being%20sued%20by,assault%20to%20stalking%20and%20kidnapping.\">Fortune<\/a> that the company seeks to prioritize passenger safety and takes seriously \u201cevery single report\u201d of sexual assault.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is nothing more important than safety, which is why Uber has built new safety features, established survivor-centric policies, and been more transparent about serious incidents,\u201d the spokesperson said. \u201cWhile we can\u2019t comment on pending litigation, we will continue to keep safety at the heart of our work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Beyond the sexual misconduct lawsuit, Uber is facing legal battles in California over alleged anticompetitive practices that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/new-legal-battle-begins-over-gig-economy-work-at-uber-and-lyft\">impact<\/a>\u00a0gig economy workers. Uber and Lyft \u201clabel their drivers independent contractors, yet deprive those drivers of economic independence by fixing the prices that drivers must charge to customers for rides,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/towardsjustice.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Uber-Lyft-Complaint.6.20.2022-3.pdf\">suit<\/a> filed by legal nonprofit Towards Justice, which argued that the drivers would have increased earnings under a regime with more pricing freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Two years ago, a California court <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/uber-lyft-avoid-state-wide-shutdown-amidst-legal-battle-with-california\">ruled in favor<\/a> of Uber and Lyft in a lawsuit that would have pressed the firms to classify independent contractors as employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ride share company Uber is facing civil action from hundreds of women claiming that drivers sexually assaulted them with various degrees of severity. 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