Judge Greenlights $32.5M Settlement Over Uber 'Safe Rides' Fee
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has signed off on a $32.5 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. alleging that it wrongly charged riders extra fees based on bogus claims about its safety practices.
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of the Northern District of California wrote in a 15-page order that the deal fixed "deficiencies" he identified in rejecting an earlier $28.5 million settlement of the case, including by ensuring that only riders who paid Uber's "Safe Rides Fee" will benefit from it. The earlier settlement would have paid all Uber riders during a set time period.
The original deal would also have paid all riders equally, regardless of how many times they paid the $1 to $2 dollar fee that Uber charged on premium ride services such as UberX. "The amended settlement corrects this deficiency by compensating each class member with $0.25 for the first Safe Rides Fee he or she paid, and $0.05 for each subsequent fee," Tigar wrote.
On average, the almost 25 million class members will receive $1.07 each from the deal, according to the filing by the attorneys for the plaintiffs. The class includes riders who paid the Safe Rides Fee in the United States or its territories between Jan. 1, 2013, and Jan. 1, 2016.
http://www.therecorder.com/id=12027...r-Uber-Safe-Rides-Fee?slreturn=20170805193045
SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge has signed off on a $32.5 million settlement to resolve a class action lawsuit against Uber Technologies Inc. alleging that it wrongly charged riders extra fees based on bogus claims about its safety practices.
U.S. District Judge Jon Tigar of the Northern District of California wrote in a 15-page order that the deal fixed "deficiencies" he identified in rejecting an earlier $28.5 million settlement of the case, including by ensuring that only riders who paid Uber's "Safe Rides Fee" will benefit from it. The earlier settlement would have paid all Uber riders during a set time period.
The original deal would also have paid all riders equally, regardless of how many times they paid the $1 to $2 dollar fee that Uber charged on premium ride services such as UberX. "The amended settlement corrects this deficiency by compensating each class member with $0.25 for the first Safe Rides Fee he or she paid, and $0.05 for each subsequent fee," Tigar wrote.
On average, the almost 25 million class members will receive $1.07 each from the deal, according to the filing by the attorneys for the plaintiffs. The class includes riders who paid the Safe Rides Fee in the United States or its territories between Jan. 1, 2013, and Jan. 1, 2016.
http://www.therecorder.com/id=12027...r-Uber-Safe-Rides-Fee?slreturn=20170805193045
