"A US court has ordered Uber to pay $8.5m (6.2m) to a woman who said she was raped by a man driving for the ride-share company in a legal ruling that could influence the outcome of thousands of other cases against the company. The federal lawsuit was heard in Arizona, where a jury deliberated for two days, before finding that Uber was responsible for the driver's behaviour. Uber said it intended to appeal against the verdict."
"The jury rejected additional claims made in the lawsuit, including that Uber had been negligent and that its safety systems were defective. The plaintiff, Jaylynn Dean, said she was sexually assaulted in the car, while taking an Uber to her hotel in 2023. She said Uber had been aware of a wave of sexual assaults committed by its drivers but had not taken basic action to improve safety."
A federal jury in Arizona ordered Uber to pay $8.5m in compensatory damages to Jaylynn Dean after finding the company liable under the apparent agency doctrine for a driver who raped her while she rode to a hotel in 2023. The jury rejected claims that Uber had been negligent or that its safety systems were defective and declined to award over $144m in punitive damages. Dean asserted that Uber had been aware of multiple sexual assaults by drivers but had not implemented basic safety measures. The case is one of 20 bellwether trials expected to influence roughly 2,500 similar federal lawsuits.
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