Second Jury Finds Uber Responsible for Sexual Assault by a Driver
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- Publish Date:
- April 20, 2026
- Author(s):
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- Steel, Emily
- Source:
- The New York Times
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Summary
Uber picked the North Carolina case, in Charlotte — yet the company still lost. “This was supposed to be one of Uber’s stronger cases,” said Nora Freeman Engstrom, a professor at Stanford Law School who studies mass litigation. “If the company could not persuade a jury here, that sends a powerful signal about the risks it faces going forward.”
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