September 01, 2021
Forcing Lyft to provide more wheelchair-accessible vehicles in the Bay Area would be administratively burdensome and riders suing the ride-hailing giant have not proven discrimination under the Americans with Disabilities Act, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said Wednesday in dismissing the case following a June bench trial.
June 08, 2021
Lyft told a California federal judge at the close of a bench trial Tuesday that ordering it to serve Bay Area wheelchair users would overstep the Americans with Disabilities Act in a case that the judge admitted has no easy answers.
June 07, 2021
U.S. District Judge William Alsup pressed Lyft during a California federal bench trial Monday to explore how it might serve San Francisco Bay Area wheelchair users seeking accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act, suggesting Lyft partner with Uber, tweak its algorithms or prove modifications would be overly burdensome.
June 03, 2021
Lyft argued during a California federal bench trial Thursday that providing on-demand wheelchair-accessible vehicle service in San Francisco's East Bay is unduly burdensome considering the company isn't profitable, but U.S. District Judge William Alsup suggested the service might amount to "chump change" for the publicly traded ride-hailing giant.
June 02, 2021
Lyft won't accommodate wheelchair users because it's busy cashing in on a business model that values young people without disabilities, U.S. District Judge William Alsup said during a California federal bench trial Wednesday, urging the ride-hailing giant to look into its soul and consider how it's marginalizing people with disabilities.
June 01, 2021
Lyft squared off against San Francisco Bay Area wheelchair users Tuesday on the opening day of a California federal bench trial over allegations that the ride-hailing giant refuses to reasonably accommodate wheelchair users in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, with Lyft slamming the requested accommodations as unreasonable.
November 20, 2020
U.S. District Judge William Alsup has denied wheelchair users' renewed bid for class certification in their disability discrimination suit against Lyft Inc., stating in an opinion Thursday that the proposed class definition is "convoluted" and that the class action waiver and arbitration agreement is the "elephant in the room."
November 18, 2020
U.S. District Judge William Alsup expressed bewilderment Wednesday at Lyft's opposition to wheelchair users' bid for class certification in their disability discrimination suit, saying that if the ride-hailing giant wins a trial with no certified class, "everyone else in the world has the right to sue you all over again."
November 04, 2020
A California federal judge found Tuesday that Lyft Inc. discriminates against wheelchair users by not providing enough wheelchair-accessible vehicles in the San Francisco Bay Area, but said that a trial would be needed to determine whether proposed modifications are reasonable.
September 04, 2020
Lyft Inc. has asked a California federal judge to dump a proposed class action seeking to force it to provide more wheelchair-accessible vehicles in the Bay Area, saying there isn't enough supply or demand for WAVs on its ride-hailing platform.