Torts/Personal Injury
Sep. 16, 2024
Uber driver murdered, Lyft driver stabbed, who is responsible?
In two separate cases, the Court of Appeal ruled that Uber and Lyft do not owe a duty to protect their drivers from violent attacks by passengers, while the Ninth Circuit ruled that Uber does owe a duty to its drivers.
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An Uber driver is murdered in a failed carjacking attempt. A Lyft driver is violently attacked and stabbed by his passenger. In the Lyft driver's case, the Court rules that Lyft did not owe a duty to the stabbed driver. The Court comes to the opposite conclusion in the murdered Uber driver's case. How do we explain this discrepancy?
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