Yes. Similar claims of sexual assaults are being made in sexual assault lawsuits filed against Lyft in state and federal courts throughout the United States. Lyft is facing a rising number of individual lawsuits nationwide, while the largest coordinated rideshare sexual assault litigation is currently pending against Uber (MDL No. 3084).
Many plaintiffs say Lyft has a shoddy system for screening drivers, ignores complaints or red flags and markets itself as a safe platform even when it knows of repeated misconduct. Some lawsuits go further, claiming Lyft knew assaults were happening and did nothing. Drivers are often named in lawsuits along with Lyft, and the company’s own conduct is considered separately to determine its liability.
Lyft's own publicly released safety reports have become a significant point of discussion in this litigation. Those reports confirm that the company received thousands of reports of serious sexual misconduct in millions of rides, with incidents ranging from non-consensual touching to non-consensual sexual penetration.
Incidents involved in Lyft lawsuits include:
Many cases involve passengers who were traveling alone, intoxicated, or otherwise in a vulnerable position at the time of the incident.
There is currently no federal MDL for Lyft comparable to the Uber proceeding, though the growing number of filings could eventually lead to coordinated proceedings.
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