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Documents shown in court showed the woman’s ride was flagged as high-risk for a serious safety incident, though Uber did not warn her
The company says the verdict affirms its safety efforts even as it prepares to challenge the decision in court.
A man accused of killing his Uber driver on the Northeast Side was found guilty by a Bexar County jury.
Two men are facing charges after police say they attacked an Uber driver with a rock before stealing her car. The robotaxi made in collaboration between Uber, Lucid and Nuro will hit the streets of San Francisco's Bay Area in late 2026.
Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she was raped by her driver in Arizona, raising the rideshare giant’s risk of a costly settlement to resolve thousands of similar cases.
A 15-year-old is accused of taking Uber ride to commit a fatal carjacking in Lawrenceville. A house camera captured the driver being left in the road.
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The woman was heading home from a Halloween party in Davis when the assault occurred.
Federal authorities say Linard is a citizen of the United Kingdom and in the U.S. illegally. They identified him as Steve Peker and said he was previously deported. An Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokeswoman said last year that the agency filed a detainer for the man and wants to deport him again.