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Civil Litigation

Feb. 6, 2019

Worker fired for noting poor scooter maintenance, suit says

A wrongful termination suit, filed by a former electric scooter company employee who was fired after raising public safety concerns, is just the latest in a slew of safety-related lawsuits scooter companies have faced in the last year as they struggle to gain public acceptance.

Worker fired for noting poor scooter maintenance, suit says
Electric scooter traffic along the Embarcadero in San Francisco in 2018. A worker says Bird Rides Inc., a top e-scooter company, skimped on maintenance. He says he was fired for reporting the problem.

A wrongful termination suit, filed by a former electric scooter company employee who was fired after raising public safety concerns, is just the latest in a slew of safety-related lawsuits scooter companies have faced in the last year as they struggle to gain public acceptance.

Maintenance operator Matt Fisher, represented by employment attorney Carney R. Shegerian of Shegrian & Associates Inc. said he was fired in November after...

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