Torts/Personal Injury
Oct. 23, 2026
Can lawsuits still discipline companies the size of countries?
Nearly 4,600 sexual assault cases are now consolidated in a California federal court, and the first verdicts are in. The cases may determine whether our civil justice system can still force change at a company that generates revenue rivaling the economies of entire countries.
Yosi Yahoudai
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
J&Y Law
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Century City , CA 90067
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Earlier this year, a federal jury in California awarded a young woman $8.5 million after finding that an Uber driver raped her. Two months later, a second jury in a related bellwether found the company liable and awarded $5,000. It was the same litigation. It was the same defendant. It was the same category of harm.
How exactly do we let that happen?
The Uber passenger sexual assault cases, now roughly 4,588 of them consolidated as MDL 3084 in the Northern District of Calif...
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