{"id":527370,"date":"2024-07-24T10:45:44","date_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/?p=527370"},"modified":"2024-07-24T10:46:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-24T17:46:40","slug":"lyft-officials-settle-lawsuit-over-sexual-assaults-by-drivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/business\/lyft-officials-settle-lawsuit-over-sexual-assaults-by-drivers\/","title":{"rendered":"Lyft officials settle lawsuit over sexual assaults by drivers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 24, 2024 – 8:51 AM PDT<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(Reuters) – Lyft (LYFT.O) will implement several safety and governance reforms to settle a shareholder lawsuit accusing the ride-sharing company’s officers and directors of not doing enough to stop drivers from sexually and physically assaulting passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A preliminary settlement was filed on Tuesday night in the Oakland, California, federal court, and requires a judge’s approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lyft agreed to boost passenger awareness of the “Alert 911 Silently” feature on its app for reporting misconduct, and make it easier to report problems 24\/7 to a live human. It also said it has also improved training and its code of business conduct and ethics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The changes would last at least three years. Officers and directors would pay no money to the company, and their insurers would pay $700,000 to cover the plaintiffs’ legal fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shareholders claimed that Lyft’s reputation suffered from the company’s inadequate training and background checks for drivers, including those with histories of sexual misconduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also said Lyft concealed the shortfalls before its March 2019 initial public offering, and also concealed defects in its electronic bikes that led to numerous injuries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lyft officials denied wrongdoing in agreeing to settle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, the San Francisco-based company said it settled “solely to avoid the disruption and cost of litigation.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lyft has said the lawsuit was the last shareholder case arising from the IPO. Through Tuesday, Lyft’s share price had fallen 83% since the offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many ride-share passengers have also accused Uber (UBER.N) drivers of sexual assault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

More than 300 lawsuits against Uber alleging such conduct have been combined into a federal class action pending in San Francisco. The number of plaintiffs could reach the thousands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The case is In re Lyft Inc Derivative Litigation, U.S. District Court, Northern District of California No. 20-09257.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Aurora Ellis<\/sup><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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