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Uber ordered to pay $1.1m to blind passenger who was denied rides 14 times
Arbitrator rebuffed the company’s position that it wasn’t liable for drivers’ behavior given their status as contractors
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Arbitrator rebuffed the company’s position that it wasn’t liable for drivers’ behavior given their status as contractors
Ride share giant Uber must pay a blind passenger $1.1m following a discrimination claim that its drivers unlawfully denied her rides on 14 occasions, an arbitrator decided Thursday.
This arbitrator rebuffed the company’s position that it wasn’t liable for drivers’ behavior given their status as contractors, according to news website Insider.
San Francisco Bay Area resident Lisa Irving, who is blind and uses a guide dog, made a claim against Uber in 2018, maintaining that “she was either denied a ride altogether or harassed by Uber drivers not wanting to transport her with her guide dog”. As a result, Irving was left stranded late at night, which made her late to work – and led to her eventual firing.
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I love it when big & arrogant corporations get the s***t they throw at their customers thrown back at them.