This is the property of the Daily Journal Corporation and fully protected by copyright. It is made available only to Daily Journal subscribers for personal or collaborative purposes and may not be distributed, reproduced, modified, stored or transferred without written permission. Please click "Reprint" to order presentation-ready copies to distribute to clients or use in commercial marketing materials or for permission to post on a website. and copyright (showing year of publication) at the bottom.
Subscribe to the Daily Journal for access to Daily Appellate Reports, Verdicts, Judicial Profiles and more...

Civil Litigation

Feb. 15, 2023

Mediation date set for Lyft, passengers who claim sex assault

This will be Lyft’s second attempt to dispose of the first bellwether case, where trial is set to begin May 3. A hearing date for Lyft’s previous motion to dismiss has not yet been set.

A San Francisco judge ordered attorneys for Lyft Inc. and counsel for 123 passengers alleging the ride-share company failed to protect them from being subjected to sexual assault and other inappropriate conduct by drivers to complete mediation by March 24 as the first bellwether trial looms.

Superior Court Andrew Y. S. Cheng also moved back the Feb. 20 deadline to Feb. 27 for Lyft Inc. to file its motion for summary judgment during Tuesday...

To continue reading, please subscribe.
For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
Receive unlimited article access and full access to our archives,
Daily Appellate Report, award winning columns, and our
Verdicts and Settlements.
Or
$795 for an entire year!

Or access this article for $45
(Purchase provides 7-day access to this article. Printing, posting or downloading is not allowed.)

Already a subscriber?

Enewsletter Sign-up