Another Uber Settlement Rejected, This Time Over Riders’ Fee
- Judge says $28.5 million payout isn’t enough for customers
- Court filing shows company’s revenue from fee was $449 million
An Uber car ride in Washington, D.C.
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Uber Technologies Inc. was dealt a second rejection of a legal settlement, this time in a case over claims the company misled riders when it charged them a $1 “safe rides fee” that earned the company almost half a billion dollars.
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar in San Francisco said the proposed $28.5 million payout wasn’t enough for customers, considering how much Uber took in from the fees. That revenue was $448,598,018, almost almost three times the sum Uber was thought to have collected from the fees and close to 16 times the amount of the settlement fund, according to what appears to be an improperly redacted version of the court’s order.