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Uber Loses Another Driver Sex Assault Trial ; Jury Award Much Less

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A federal jury on Monday said Uber should pay $5,000 to a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a driver she booked through the app. The Raleigh, North Carolina jury verdict followed a trial that began April 14. It comes after a separate jury in Arizona earlier this year awarded $8.5 million to a woman who claimed an Uber driver had raped her when she was 19.

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Uber Loses Another Driver Sex Assault Trial ; Jury Award Much Less

Media Coverage · April 21, 2026

A federal jury on Monday said Uber should pay $5,000 to a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a driver she booked through the app, as the company faces thousands of similar claims. The Raleigh, North Carolina jury verdict followed a trial that began April 14. It comes after a separate jury in Arizona earlier this year awarded $8.5 million to a woman who claimed an Uber driver had raped her when she was

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A federal jury on Monday said Uber should pay $5,000 to a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a driver she booked through the app, as the company faces thousands of similar claims. The Raleigh, North Carolina jury verdict followed a trial that began April 14. It comes after a separate jury in Arizona earlier this year awarded $8.5 million to a woman who claimed an Uber driver had raped her when she was 19. Although Monday’s award is relatively small, it further establishes that juror

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Uber Loses Another Driver Sex Assault Trial ; Jury Award Much Less

A federal jury on Monday said Uber should pay $5,000 to a woman who claimed she was sexually assaulted by a driver she booked through the app, as the company faces thousands of similar claims. The Raleigh, North Carolina jury verdict followed a trial that began April 14. It comes after a separate jury in Arizona earlier this year awarded $8.5 million to a woman who claimed an Uber driver had raped her when she was 19. Although Monday’s award is relatively small, it further establishes that jurors may not hesitate to find Uber liable for assaults by drivers in more of the 3,300 similar cases consolidated in federal court.

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