Feb. 6, 2026
Uber liable in first sexual-assault MDL bellwether; jury awards $8.5M
Arizona jury finds Uber liable under apparent-agency theory for driver's alleged rape of passenger, awards $8.5 million, but rejects negligence, design-defect and punitive-damage claims.
An Arizona jury found Uber liable for the alleged rape of a passenger at the hands of one of its drivers, holding that the driver was an apparent agent of the company, in the first bellwether trial of the massive multidistrict litigation surrounding allegations of sexual assault on Uber rides.
The jury awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages, finding that the driver was an agent of the company, but sided with Uber on the questions of negligence, design-defect, and punitive da...
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