A California appellate court has upheld a win for Lyft Inc. in a lawsuit brought by two people who were injured in a collision with a Lyft driver who was driving home from a separate job in a vehicle rented as part of a company program.
The First District Court of Appeal found that Lyft could not be held liable under the doctrine of respondeat superior, which allows employers to be held legally responsible for the torts of employees committed within the scope of their employment.
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