Lyft Faces Multiple Lawsuits From Drivers, Passengers Against Sexual and Physical Assault

Drivers and passengers prosecuted Lyft, Inc (NASDAQ: LYFT) for failing to protect its users from sexual and physical assaults during rides, TechCrunch reports.
The plaintiffs filed seventeen lawsuits in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, and Wisconsin, as per a law firm representing many victims.
These are separate lawsuits and not a class action.
The lawsuits sought a jury trial and did not specify a specific financial award except compensatory damages.
The lawsuits, 13 of which were from sexually assaulted drivers and passengers, alleged that Lyft lacked adequate safety measures to prevent such attacks and failed to respond.
The law firm urged Lyft to undergo extensive background screening on its drivers.
Lyft emphasized its commitment to safety and disputed some of the claims citing that every driver goes through “rigorous screening,” including a background check.
Lyft’s most recent community safety report, released in October 2021, found that more than 4,000 incidents of sexual assault occurred between 2017 and the end of 2019.
Earlier, Lyft and Uber Technologies, Inc (NYSE: UBER) drivers slapped an antitrust lawsuit on the companies for unfairly controlling passenger fares.
Lyft reported second-quarter revenue of $990.7 million, up 30% year-over-year, beating Street estimates.
The company reported a second-quarter loss of $(377.2) million.
Price Action: UBER shares traded lower by 1.09% at $14.57 premarket on the last check Thursday.
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