Uber must pay a passenger who accused one of its drivers of rape $8.5 million, a federal jury in Phoenix has ordered. The jury found Uber liable for its driver’s misconduct, determining that the ...
The case lays the groundwork for about 3,000 other sexual misconduct cases the ridesharing platform is facing nationwide.
The company monitors passenger feedback for risky driver behavior. Some accused of serious sexual assault had prior records of complaints. Credit...Illustration by Max-o-matic; Photographs by Andres ...