The team at Estey & Bomberger have been following the story of Jorge Tapiacastro, who was convicted in early August, 2021, of a string of felonies including rape, sexual battery and false imprisonment raping a passenger while driving for Lyft. The OC Register reports that on Friday, October 1st, Tapiacastro was sentenced to
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Yahoo! News recently published an AFP article about the California voter-approved referendum that lets many “gig workers” be treated as independent contractors was ruled unconstitutional on Friday, August 21st, 2021, setting up more legal fights over the controversial measure. Known as Proposition 22, the labor legislation was heavily backed by Uber, Lyft and
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An article published by the Omaha World-Herald reveals that Douglas County District Judge Timothy Burns sentenced Komlanvi Avitso, a Lyft driver convicted of raping an intoxicated woman in his car, to 10 to 12 years in prison. We reported on Avitso’s conviction back in just of 2021. Under Nebraska state law, which cuts most
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An article published by Reuters reports that Uber Technologies Inc. has reached a preliminary agreement with a California regulator for sharing data on sexual assault and harassment claims on its platform while protecting victims’ privacy and avoiding a $59 million fine. Under the proposal outlined in a regulatory filing with the California
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In an article recently published by PEOPLE, singer/songwriter Clare Dunn recounts that in the early morning of June 26, 2021, she was violently assaulted by her Lyft driver. Dunn recounts that that she had gone out for the night with friends and ordered a Lyft with one friend around midnight, requesting that the
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An article published by the Los Angeles Times reports that former Lyft driver, Jorge Tapiacastro, is scheduled to be sentenced in October for raping a woman he was driving home in 2019, according to court records. Tapiacastro was convicted on July 28, 2021 of rape by use of drugs, rape, sexual battery and
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Founding partner at Estey & Bomberger, Michael Bomberger, was featured discussing the growing number of lawsuits facing ridesharing giant Uber in article by Bloomberg Law titled, “Uber Sexual Assault Suits Mount as It tries to Calm Safety Fears“. In the article that outlines the massive problem Uber has regarding drivers on the
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A news story recently published by WRAL in Raleigh, NC, reports that on Thursday, July 22, 2021, Uber driver Muhammed Arslan Afzal was charged by the Wake County Sheriff with sexually assaulting a female passenger. Afzal faces charges of first-degree kidnapping, attempted second-degree forcible sex offense, indecent exposure and sexual assault. The victim
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According to a recent report by KFOR News 4 in Oklahoma City, Lyft is facing a lawsuit from a metro woman who claims that Timothy Green, a former Lyft driver who know drives for Uber, raped her while on the job three years ago. In 2018, charges were presented to the Oklahoma
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According to a story recently reported by Fox 5 Washington DC, Ejaz Hussain a Lyft driver from Gainsville, VA, has been charged with sexually assaulting a 17-year-old boy. On June 14, Prince William County police were called to investigate a sexual assault. The investigation revealed that the victim, a 17-year-old male juvenile, took
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