Technology,
Labor/Employment
Feb. 10, 2023
Lyft sued over not checking drivers' fingerprints
Lyft’s legal team asserts that the plaintiffs’ claims that the background check process created negligence liability “is at odds with a decade of rule-making and decisions issued by, and robust public discussion before, Lyft’s California regulator — the Public Utilities Commission.”
Twenty-nine women who said they were sexually assaulted by Lyft drivers filed a mass tort action against the ride-share company in San Francisco, saying the company refused to adopt an “industry standard” fingerprint background check process.
Lyft’s counsel has argued that only the Public Utilities Commission, not a court, has authority over the company’s safety procedures.
Lead counsel for the plaintiffs — Walt...
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