Seventeen Lyft drivers and passengers announced Wednesday that they are suing the ride-hailing giant, accusing it of failing to protect them from physical and sexual assault.
Seventeen Lyft Inc. drivers and passengers announced Wednesday that they are suing the ride-hailing giant, accusing it of failing to protect them from physical and sexual assault.
Stella Grant, a former Lyft driver from Chicago, said she lost her job early during the coronavirus pandemic so she turned to driving for Lyft because she needed to support herself and her two sons.Grant said that in August 2021, she was physically assaulted by a passenger whom she said was intoxicated. The passenger punched her in the head and back, then hit her in the lip with an object that caused a gash, and Grant said she started bleeding profusely and eventually went to the emergency room.
Adam Wolf, a lawyer for Peiffer Wolf, the San Francisco firm that filed all the lawsuits and arbitration claims, said Lyft has known about physical and sexual abuse happening during rides for a long time. “This systemic failure cuts to the very core of how Lyft does business,” Wolf said.
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