Lyft controversies

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• Family sues Lyft, sign company after mother of four killed while sign-spinning

• This settlement clears up a lingering lawsuit from 2020 when that was still an unanswered issue.

• The company said in a regulatory filing that it believes the settlement will allow it to avoid the “costs and distraction of protracted litigation and enable management to maintain its focus on executing its business objectives.”

Company response

• Denial — Lyft

  We cannot comment on the specifics of ongoing litigation.

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• We cannot comment on the specifics of ongoing litigation.

• David Morris of Clark County is suing the online ride-hailing company for more than $30,000 in damages over the injuries he suffered in the alleged August 2024 incident

• Morris reportedly accuses Lyft of negligence, alleging the company should have known the driver “was incompetent, unfit and dangerous.”

Company response

• Denial — Instacart

  does not and will not engage in surveillance pricing.

• Denial — JetBlue

  does not use personal information or web browsing history to set individual pricing.

• Denial — Delta Air Lines

  Delta also denied using personal data to individually price fares

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• The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said it launched an inquiry into nine companies, ordering them to provide information about how they use consumers' and workers' personal data to set prices and compensation.

• Federal regulators announced Wednesday that they are examining whether major airlines, ride-hailing companies, delivery services and retailers are using personal data to charge different customers different prices for the same products and services or determine how much gig workers are paid.

• The orders were sent to Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, JetBlue, Lyft, Uber, DoorDash, Instacart, Target and Walmart, according to the FTC.

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• According to the Northern District of California filing, Lyft seeks a judicial declaration that its app and software do not infringe Agis’s technology.

• Lyft Inc. took an affirmative stand in a complaint it filed on Wednesday, responding to litigation lodged by Agis Software Development LLC earlier this year alleging patent infringement.

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• “@Lyft has created a Driver Legal Defense Fund to cover 100% of legal fees for drivers sued under SB8 while driving on our platform.”

• Lyft on Friday pledged to cover legal fees for its drivers who are sued under Texas’ near-total abortion ban that went into effect earlier this week.

• “This is an attack on women’s access to healthcare and on their right to choose. @Lyft is donating $1 million to Planned Parenthood to ensure that transportation is never a barrier to healthcare access,” said Green.

Company response

• Remediation — Lyft

  Lyft表示，该公司已经设立了一个司机法律辩护基金（Driver Legal Defense Fund），以支付其司机根据该法律可能产生的100%的法律费用。

• Remediation — Uber

  Uber首席执行官达拉·科斯罗萨西（Dara Khosrowshahi）也在周五做出了类似的承诺，他在一条推文中表示，将为司机支付法律费用。

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• Lyft表示，该公司已经设立了一个司机法律辩护基金（Driver Legal Defense Fund），以支付其司机根据该法律可能产生的100%的法律费用。

• Uber首席执行官达拉·科斯罗萨西（Dara Khosrowshahi）也在周五做出了类似的承诺，他在一条推文中表示，将为司机支付法律费用。

• Lyft两家打车公司宣布，受德克萨斯州严厉的堕胎法的影响，如果旗下司机因为曾带怀孕六周后的女性接受堕胎而被起诉，Uber和Lyft将承担他们的任何法律费用。

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• It states one claim for relief against Uber and Lyft and for failing to provide the plaintiff with a statutorily required copy of his background report and a description in writing of his rights.

• A complaint filed last Friday asserts that Checkr Inc. violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) by reporting to Uber Technologies Inc. and Lyft Inc. that the plaintiff was listed as deceased on Social Security Administration’s (SSA) Death Master File.

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• The ride-hailing giants Uber and Lyft shirk state law by misclassifying their California drivers as independent contractors, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by the state and several cities.

• In a 27-page lawsuit filed in the San Francisco County Superior Court, California Attorney General Xavier Becerra says Uber and Lyft do not compensate their drivers for time refueling, maintaining their vehicles, rest breaks and time spent monitoring the respective ride-hailing apps.

• The state of California is suing Uber and Lyft for classifying their drivers as contractors instead of employees.

Company response

• Remediation — Lyft

  Lyft has agreed to pay $42,000 to the four complainants and $40,000 to the U.S. Treasury. Lyft is also now required to modify its wheelchair policy to clarify that drivers must help assist disabled people with wheelchairs, scooters and walkers.

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• As part of the settlement, Lyft has agreed to pay $42,000 to the four complainants and $40,000 to the U.S. Treasury.

• agreed to settle a lawsuit from the U.S. Department of Justice that alleges the ridesharing company discriminated against disabled people — specifically those who use foldable wheelchairs or walkers.

• The rideshare company has also been ordered to educate its drivers as well as pay complainants and a $40,000 civil penalty.

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• The lawsuit accuses Lyft of failing to properly screen and train its drivers, noting Lu was driving on an expired license at the time.

• Poor screening by ride-hailing giant Lyft allowed the hiring of a violent driver who attacked an attorney catching a ride to Wrigley Field two years ago, according to a lawsuit filed Friday.

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• In particular, the statements allegedly failed to disclose “that passengers were phyiscally assaulted, sexually harassed, and/or raped by Lyft drivers,” incidents which passengers reported to Lyft before the IPO.

• A stockholder filed a verified derivative complaint against Lyft, members of its Board of Directors and members of its upper management on Monday in the Northern District of California for the defendants’ purported violations of securities laws, breach of fiduciary duty, waste of corporate assets, and unjust enrichment in relation to the allegedly false and misleading statements and omissions in Lyft’s Offering Documents for its proposed initial public offering (IPO).

• Other issues that the defendants allegedly failed to disclose include allegations that Lyft’s electric bikes had a defective braking system, which injured riders; the fact that safety issues with its electric bikes hindered its expansion into other transportation areas; labor disputes over driver classification which threatened to disrupt its workforce and affect its business; a large first quarter net loss of more than $1.1 billion; changes in internal controls; and overstated market share.

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• The ‘464 patent is associated with “vehicle control information,” which they claim “may refer to any information that can be used by an operator with respect to a vehicle, and may be provided to the operator.” They claim this patent is infringed by the way Lyft and Uber’s systems distribute information to drivers.

• The suit against Uber was filed on Feb. 28, 2020, and the suit against Lyft was filed ten days earlier on Feb. 18.

• Uber and Lyft were both served a complaint by Quartz Auto Technologies for patent infringement.

Company response

• Personnel action — Lyft

  the driver was permanently banned from the Lyft community

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• A new lawsuit has been filed against Lyft and a driver after a Cincinnati musician says that he was brutally assaulted by the driver suffering a concussion and broken bones.

• Lyft released a statement saying “Safety is fundamental to Lyft. The incident described is terrifying, and the driver was permanently banned from the Lyft community.”

• The 42-page lawsuit was filed by the Wolterman Law Office on Wednesday.

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• 网约车平台 Lyft 在加州遭到了 20 多名女乘客提起的诉讼，因该公司未能尽到对司机展开认真筛查的义务，导致原告遭受了暴力与性侵犯。该诉讼由旧金山高等法院的律师在本周三提出

• A woman who says she was raped by a Lyft driver in St Louis has filed a lawsuit accusing the ride-sharing company of prioritising profits over passenger safety.

• Cristen Giangarra's lawsuit is the latest of several filed by women across the country who have claimed they were sexually assaulted by Lyft drivers.