2026-02-06
A federal jury in ruled that Uber must pay $8.5 million to a woman who said an Uber driver sexually assaulted her. Jaylynn Dean won the settlement. This was the first “bellwether” trial among over 3,000 similar lawsuits against Uber consolidated in federal court. [image]
New York Times
A federal jury in Phoenix ordered Uber to pay $8.5M to a passenger who said a driver raped her in November 2023, the first case where Uber was found liable
In a federal bellwether case, the jury ordered the ride-hailing giant to pay $8.5 million to Jaylynn Dean, who said one of its drivers assaulted her in 2023.