Kline & Specter’s Helen Lawless, who represents the plaintiffs, called the ruling “an important step towards undoing the fiction that Uber and other rideshare competitors are merely technology companies that do not employ drivers and should not be held responsible for their negligence.”
November 20, 2023 at 06:14 PM
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Litigation Reporter
A recent ruling from a Philadelphia judge dealt a blow to a defense commonly used by companies that rely on gig workers.
Uber’s argument that it could not be held vicariously liable for the alleged negligence of one of its drivers was shut down in a Nov. 13 order from Judge Jacqueline Allen of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas.
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Uber office in Baltimore, Sept. 7, 2020. Photo: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM
Helen Lawless of Kline & Specter. Courtesy photo
