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Cotter v. Lyft, Inc.

  1. May 20, 2016

    Lyft's $27M Deal Impairs Premium Fare Claim, Drivers Say

    A pair of Lyft drivers on Thursday sought to intervene in the $27 million settlement in the proposed class action alleging the ride-hailing company misclassified California drivers as independent contractors, saying the revised deal may threaten their claims in a separate suit against Lyft.

  2. May 12, 2016

    Lyft's $27M Driver Deal Hailed As Defense Against Future Suits

    Lyft's upsized $27 million settlement ending a proposed class action alleging it misclassified California drivers as independent contractors offers concessions that could gird the ride-hailing company against future anticipated attacks on its business, experts say.

  3. May 11, 2016

    Lyft Raises Calif. Driver Deal To $27M After Refusal Of 1st Try

    Lyft Inc. agreed Wednesday to pay $27 million to close out a proposed class action brought by California drivers who say they were misclassified as independent contractors, more than doubling an earlier offer thrown out by a California federal judge last month.

  4. April 07, 2016

    Judge Rejects $12M Lyft Class Deal That Shortchanges Drivers

    A California federal judge on Thursday rejected a proposed $12.25 million settlement in a class action Lyft drivers had brought against the ride-hailing company, saying the lackluster nonmonetary relief offered to the drivers did not compensate for a severely lacking money award.

  5. April 01, 2016

    Union Can't Muck Up Lyft Drivers $12M Class Deal, Court Told

    Lyft Inc. drivers urged a California federal judge on Thursday to keep the Teamsters and other would-be intervenors out of their proposed class action alleging the ride-hailing service misclassified them as independent contractors, saying there's no justification for disturbing a proposed $12 million settlement.

  6. March 22, 2016

    Lyft Drivers Say They Could Have Gotten $126M As Employees

    Lyft Inc. drivers in California could have recouped $126 million in expense reimbursements over the past four years if the ride-hailing service had classified them as employees rather than contractors, according to recent court documents filed in a proposed class action.

  7. March 15, 2016

    Teamsters, Lyft Drivers Ask Judge To Halt $12M Deal

    The Teamsters and a group of Lyft Inc. drivers urged a California federal court Tuesday to reject an approximately $12 million settlement between the ride-hailing service and other drivers, saying the deal would leave the company's practice of misclassifying the workers in place.

  8. February 11, 2016

    $12M Lyft Driver Deal Faces Tough Questions From Judge

    Lyft Inc. and a proposed class of drivers suing the ride-hailing service must clarify a few points of their proposed $12 million settlement after a California federal judge on Thursday questioned whether a provision refusing to classify the workers as employees defies the suit's purpose.

  9. January 27, 2016

    Lyft To Pay $12M But Won't Classify Drivers As Employees

    Lyft Inc. agreed Tuesday to pay $12.25 million and give additional job security to a proposed class of current and former drivers suing the ride-hailing service in California federal court, but stopped short of classifying drivers as employees.

  10. June 04, 2015

    Calif. Lyft Drivers Lose Bid To Stay Parallel State Action

    A California federal judge on Thursday refused Lyft Inc. drivers' bid to stay a parallel proposed class action in state court accusing the ride-hailing company of labor violations, saying that although letting the state case proceed could harm unnamed class members, the decision isn't up to him.

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