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Jul. 23, 2025

Uber sues LA attorneys over alleged injury claim fraud scheme

Uber filed a federal RICO lawsuit accusing two LA law firms and medical providers of orchestrating fraudulent injury claims and inflated medical bills to exploit high insurance coverage in rideshare cases.

Uber accused two prominent personal injury attorneys and their Los Angeles firms of colluding with medical providers to create fraudulent medical bills and inflate litigation costs in a scheme that forced the company to incur millions of dollars defending lawsuits from purported crashes.

However, one of the firm defendants, Downtown LA Law Group, strongly denied Uber's claims on Tuesday in a statement that categorized the action as a tactic to attack uninsured clients and dive...

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