Lawsuit Could Put Hundreds of Thousands of Drivers Back on Road Legally
The lower level of 201 Poplar is full of people waiting for traffic court. Some will get fines, others will get their licenses suspended. Derrick McNeal knows plenty about that.
Drivers
Court Rejects Atlanta Taxi Lawsuit Over Competition From Uber, Lyft
In a lawsuit filed in Fulton County Superior Court, the taxi drivers said they spent tens of thousands of dollars to buy exclusive certificates needed to offer rides in the city. The drivers said lawmakers undermine their investment when they opened the door to ride-hailing services in legislation two years ago. The Superior Court dismissed the claim.
Tesla Autopilot Called ‘dangerously Defective’ in Lawsuit by Driver
The next time you find yourself driving near a Tesla, give a wide berth to the amazing car of the future. It is still very much of the present. A Davie lawyer, frustrated and alarmed by an autopilot with a mind of its own on his new $108,000 Tesla, is one of the lead plaintiffs in a class action lawsuit against the automaker claiming he was one of 50,000 customers who was sold a “dangerously …
Taxis Are Posing as Uber Cars to Steal Fares, Lawsuit Says
Hundreds of Uber drivers in South Jersey are suing the Atlantic City Yellow Cab Co., alleging taxi drivers have been fraudulently posing as drivers working for the rideshare service to steal their customers. United Drivers South Jersey — a rideshare drivers group that serves South Jersey, Atlantic City and Philadelphia areas — filed a class-action lawsuit Tuesday in Atlantic …
New Taxi Union Lawsuit Accuses City of Misleading Cabbies
A lawsuit filed by Ottawa’s taxi union exactly one year after council approved a new vehicle-for-hire bylaw accuses the city of “slanting the playing field against taxicab drivers.” “The city demonstrated a closed mind and an unwillingness to properly notify, consult and consider in an even-handed, good-faith manner, the direct consequences, and in particular, the commercial effect of its …
Uber Said to Use “sophisticated” Software to Defraud Drivers, Passengers
Uber has devised a “clever and sophisticated” scheme in which it manipulates navigation data used to determine “upfront” rider fare prices while secretly short-changing the driver, according to a proposed class-action lawsuit against the ride-hailing app. When a rider uses Uber’s app to hail a ride, the fare the app immediately shows to the passenger is based on a slower and longer route …
Amazon Wins Hold in Delivery Drivers’ Pay Lawsuit
Amazon.com, Inc. won’t have to face its delivery drivers’ wage and hour claims until the fall of 2017 or later. That’s when the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to decide if arbitration agreements that waive class actions are enforceable (Rittmann v. Amazon.com, Inc., 2017 BL 90916, W.D. Wash., No. …
Dozens Stranded on Highway 13 Attend Class-Action Lawsuit Session
Ten days after the Highway 13 debacle that left hundreds of people stranded on Highway 13, many of those who were trapped met to learn about their legal options. Marlene Berman is the lead plaintiff in a request for a class-action lawsuit filed by Joey Zukran. At least one other request has been filed, and if the cases are allowed to go ahead a judge will have to decide which legal team will be …
Lyft Will Settle California Drivers’ Lawsuit for $27 Million
The California drivers filed the lawsuit for the right to be classified as employees, but they unfortunately failed to achieve that goal. Lyft claims a recent survey revealed that 80 percent of its drivers prefer to be independent contractors due to the flexibility it allows. But the plaintiffs filed the lawsuit, because as employees, Lyft would have been required to pay for their gas and …
A Missing Comma Keeps Oakhurst Dairy Labor Lawsuit Alive
A Maine labor dispute appeal decided on Monday hinged on perhaps the nerdiest, most contentious punctuation debate of all — the Oxford comma. The U.S. First Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in favor of a group of Oakhurst Dairy truck drivers, who sued the company’s owners three years ago for unpaid overtime wages. The decision overturns an earlier U.S. District Court judgment in …