Uber Settles Lawsuit Over Driver Sexual Assault Claims

  • Accord follows ruling rejecting company’s push to dismiss case
  • Two women sued over separate attacks in Boston, Charleston
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Uber Technologies Inc. settled a lawsuit filed by two women who sought to hold the company responsible for alleged sexual assaults by drivers.

Terms of the accord weren’t disclosed in court papers. The settlement follows a federal judge’s ruling six months ago rejecting the company’s argument that it couldn’t be blamed for sexual attacks by drivers, who it classifies as contractors rather than employees.