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Lyft driver's crash left him unable to work. Insurance won't pay.
Osahon Aburime crashed while driving for Lyft on Mother's Day. Sixteen months later, he uses a cane and is fighting an insurance company that denies his claim.
Business Insider · 1m

Arbitrator rules Uber liable in fatal accident
A retired judge rejected Uber's claim that it's just a tech platform, finding the company vicariously liable for a driver's negligence that killed a 23-year-old.
Fortune · 1m

Uber ordered to pay $40M in freeway death case
A California arbitrator found Uber vicariously liable after a driver left an intoxicated passenger on a freeway where she was struck and killed.
ABC7 New York · 2m · 6 views