WXYZ in Detroit reports that due to the rising number of recent ridesharing assaults, two former Detroit police officers have designed a self-defense class geared specifically toward empowering drivers and passengers. The class is free at Grindtime Fitness in Detroit and happens every third Saturday of the month. The class teaches basic moves to
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For years, Uber and Lyft have employed their drivers as independent contractors, allowing these companies to rely on a workforce without providing benefits required under employee designations and to limit their liability in lawsuits and insurance claims involving these individuals. However, California’s new AB-5 law, which came into effect at the beginning
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According to the News Times, Connecticut Senator Richard Blumenthal called for ridesharing giants Uber and Lyft to take new steps to protect passengers from drivers accused of sexual abuse. His actions stem from two people in separate cases in Fairfield County who said they were assaulted by their rideshare driver. “Everywhere in
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According to the Bismarck Tribune, the North Dakota Supreme Court has upheld the sexual assault conviction of a former Mandan, ND, Lyft driver. The court denyed an appeal the man made on the grounds that expert testimony should not have been admitted. Last spring Corey Wickham was sentenced to 20 years in
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Ex-Uber driver, Alaric Spence of North Hollywood, was sentenced on Wednesday January 29th to six years in state prison for raping an intoxicated female passenger in a North Hollywood motel room nearly 18 months ago. Spence was ordered by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Craig Richman to register as a sex offender for
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Months after one of their drivers allegedly raped her in the backseat of his car, Cristen Giangarra, has accused ex-Lyft driver Larry Ward, of sexually assaulting her on June 22. Ward had picked Giangarra up after a night of drinking. According to Giangarra’s lawyers, she had fallen asleep when Ward climbed into the
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Chico Police Chief Mike O’Brien confirmed to local media that police detectives are investigating a sexual assault claim and are working to get information released to the public. The victim’s roommate says the assault happened outside their apartment in Chico early on the morning of Wednesday, January 22. According to the roommate, the
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A California Superior Court Judge granted a petition to consolidate Lyft sexual assault cases in California. The Hon. Kenneth Freeman granted a petition to consolidate multiple cases in which passengers allege they were sexually assaulted by sexual predators driving for Lyft after Lyft had been on actual notice of ongoing sexual assaults
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Uber has gained a very negative reputation due to the alarmingly high number of sexual assaults that their passengers and drivers suffer from. In recent years, activists, attorneys, and government officials alike have called on Uber to take responsibility and to implement key changes to reduce the amount of this violence moving
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A recent article written by Sumit Kumar Singh of IANS, questions how Uber Technologies Inc. was able to obtain the medical documents of a Delhi cab rape victim’s confidential medical documents. It seems someone in the Delhi Police force and local hospital authorities received bribe money to share case files with Uber,
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