June 15, 2021
Uber can't duck a group of Pittsburgh-area wheelchair users' claims the company violated the Americans with Disabilities Act by failing to offer wheelchair-accessible vehicles, since a federal court had already established that the plaintiffs had standing to sue, a magistrate judge ruled.
November 13, 2019
Uber can’t force arbitration upon a group of Pittsburgh-based wheelchair users who allege the ride-hailing company violates the Americans with Disabilities Act, a Pennsylvania federal court ruled, saying the users have grounds to sue even without using the Uber app and its baked-in arbitration agreement.
October 01, 2019
Pittsburgh-area wheelchair users said their proposed Americans with Disabilities Act class action against Uber should be able to skip arbitration because none of them had actually used the ride-hailing app, agreed to its arbitration agreement or made claims that relied on the app's terms of service, according to a filing in Pennsylvania federal court Monday.