June 24, 2024
The Ninth Circuit urged Washington's highest court Monday to determine whether Uber had a duty to use reasonable care to protect one of its drivers who was murdered in a carjacking, in an order that paused an appeal brought by the driver's family.
March 26, 2024
A pair of Ninth Circuit judges seemed to question Tuesday if Uber Technologies Inc. could avoid liability after a driver was murdered in a carjacking, with one judge asking if the law needed to catch up with new technology in a case where the company controlled information about the identity of riders.
December 19, 2022
A Washington federal judge on Monday rejected a reconsideration request by the family of an Uber driver killed in a suspected carjacking attempt, finding that the family's motion was too similar to its initial summary judgment bid.
October 27, 2022
Uber has told a Washington federal judge that the family of a Seattle-area driver killed by two passengers in a suspected attempted carjacking cannot revive their negligence suit by having the state Supreme Court review their claims.
April 12, 2021
The family of a Seattle-area Uber driver killed by two passengers in a suspected attempted carjacking said Monday that Uber cannot dodge a negligence suit alleging its failure to screen new customers and bar fake rider accounts on its app contributed to the driver's wrongful death.