Nov 3 (Reuters) – A federal judge in San Francisco on Friday said he wants a speedy resolution to scores of consolidated cases accusing Uber Technologies Inc of failing to prevent sexual assaults against passengers or properly responding…
Sexual Abuse & Assault
People who were sexually assaulted during Uber rides are banding together in a joint federal lawsuit against the app-taxi giant — and pressuring the company to address the structural reasons why its service has become a “magnet for…
Hundreds of women have filed lawsuits against Uber claiming the company hasn’t done enough to prevent instances of sexual assault by drivers. Now a panel of judges has ruled that more than 80 cases can be consolidated into…
Uber is facing dozens of lawsuits that say the ride-hailing company didn’t do enough to keep passengers safe from sexual assault, and the proceedings are set to begin in the tech giant’s backyard. Last week, a panel of…
[…] Uber passengers alleging they were sexually assaulted by their drivers are taking a bumpy road through the courts. After an unexpected detour this year, the sexual assault lawsuits against Uber Technologies Inc. returned this month to San…
More than 85 women are suing a former doctor at Boston’s Brigham & Women’s Hospital and other various local hospitals for alleged sexual abuse. While Dr. Derrick Todd, a rheumatologist, practiced “primary care” on patients at Brigham and…
[…] Allegations of sexual assault by ride-hailing drivers date back several years. In late 2019, Uber released its first safety report, showing that nearly 6,000 sexual assaults were reported on the Uber app from 2017 to 2018. A…
Brigham and Women’s Hospital is facing a major lawsuit alleging that one of its doctors, who has since voluntarily quit practicing, was performing unnecessary sexualized “exams” of women who went to him for help with unrelated ailments. […]…
In a class action lawsuit, more than 60 women allege that a former Brigham and Women’s doctor sexually abused them. The plaintiffs say, as patients of rheumatologist Derrick Todd, they underwent unnecessary medical exams, including breast, rectal and…
BOSTON — One of Boston’s leading hospitals and a doctor who recently resigned are being sued by a patient who said she was repeatedly sexually assaulted under the guise of medical procedures. Dr. Derrick Todd was a rheumatologist…