Minicab App Company Uber, has reached a settlement with the family of the little girl who died after she was hit by an uber car.
Sofia Liu, six, was struck while crossing the road in San Francisco, on New Year's Eve in 2013.
Uber had argued it could not be held responsible for Sofia's death because the driver, Syed Muzzafar, had not had a passenger in his car at the time.
Court documents say the family has asked the court to keep details of the settlement private.
'Freelancers'
The company described its drivers as freelancers who were free to log in to the app and accept jobs whenever they pleased.
It said its function was simply to connect a buyer and seller and therefore it was not responsible for what happened between them.
But the family of little Sofia held Uber responsible because the man behind the wheel had been an Uber driver logged into its app at the time of the collision.
Sofia's brother and mother were also struck by the car while the family was crossing the road.
"While nothing will ever bring Sofia back, the family is grateful to the American judicial system for providing them a way to resolve the legal issues raised by Sofia's death," the family's lawyer, Christopher Dolan, said.
A spokesperson from Uber said: "While we cannot ease their pain, we do hope that this [undisclosed] settlement helps the family move forward.
"The Lius suffered a terrible tragedy and our hearts go out to them."
It's now an everyday sight to see Uber cars involved in accidents on London streets with drivers unfamiliar with the layout of traffic systems often photographed going the wrong way on one way streets
Last evening, there were reports of three major incidents involving Uber drivers, two motor cyclists were knocked down and taken to hospital within hours of each other.
It's only a matter of time before people start dying.
This was the carnage at Notting Hill Gate where a Pizza delivery bike was hit by a Prius.
The driver of the cab, a grey Vauxhall, was not hurt, but was today said to be shaken by an Uber spokesman.
Earlier yesterday evening a motorcyclist was knocked down on Brompton Road, Knightsbridge when an Uber driver decided to Uturn without using his mirrors.
5 comments:
If your insurance is valid ? claim on it .
Why settle an insurance claim in cash if you had insurance ?
Simple they had NONE
Proves conclusively the insurance doesn't exist.
Over to you Mr Daniels?
Exactly right.
The family's claim is against the Uber driver who was negligent.
The driver would normally be indemnified by an insurer, assuming he has
the right insurance.
Looks very doubtful that the driver had such a policy.
In UK if an uber passenger is injured as a result of an uber driver's negligence and
the driver does not have valid hire and reward insurance then the driver is
personally liable. Or can the passenger claim against Uber itself as in USA?
I think Uber passengers should be told!
Why would uber payout if the drivers not employed by them they have no responsibility
UBERs are a bunch of liars, slimeballs and crooks. They knowingly hire rapists, ex cons and drug dealers as drivers. They sneak into a market, get a few blokes properly licensed, then proceed to make their fleet 90% "Off the books". Those cars and drivers are not registered anywhere. They exist only in cyberspace. Needless to say, absolutely nothing is paid to the city or county from those fares. Catching them is impossible. UBER knows this full well. All they had to do was bribe the politicians and regulators to "Look the other way". Works perfectly well anywhere in the world. UBER is laughing all the way to the bank.
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