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by jboydyhacker
4532 days ago
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Reading the headline I thought - well if there was no passenger- they are fine. However, if their whole model is based on drivers using an app to find passengers and the guy was hunting around for them when he hit the pedestrian- it's problematic. I guess Uber could take the position they assume the driver is stationary when getting new instructions. |
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http://blogs.wsj.com/law/2013/08/27/senders-of-texts-to-driv...
Granted it happened in NJ, not CA, and it isn't directly applicable anyway, but they might have a hard time with the same sort of idea applied to the way their entire dispatching model works.
I would think if the plaintiffs could prove conclusively the guy was actively operating the Uber app at the time of the accident (which they tend to imply in these stories but I have no idea if that's just spin) it would be nearly a slam dunk case in front of your average jury.