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Uber
on Thursday was ordered to pay $8.5 million to the plaintiff in an Arizona trial that is the first of thousands of lawsuits involving alleged sexual assault and misconduct by drivers on the ridesharing platform.
In the lawsuit, Jaylynn Dean alleged that she was raped by her Uber driver in November 2023 while returning to her hotel.
The verdict found Uber liable for the driver’s actions and lays the groundwork for about 3,000 similar lawsuits nationwide that have been consolidated in federal court.
