Uber Can’t Duck Suit Over Student’s Death on California Freeway
- State judge says company has a duty to keep passengers safe
- Ride-share giant argued drivers are contractors, not employees
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Uber Technologies Inc. lost the first round in a lawsuit filed by the relatives of a university student who was run over and killed on a San Diego freeway after one of the company’s drivers allegedly ordered her out of his car and a second driver failed to pick her up.
A state court judge in San Francisco issued a tentative ruling Wednesday that rejected the ride-hailing company’s claim that it had no responsibility for the death of 19-year-old Stella Yeh.