Tort Law vs. Privacy: Ride-Share Services May Have Duty to Prevent Anonymous Riders
Yesterday’s Missouri Court of Appeals decision in Ameer v. Lyft, Inc. reversed a grant for summary judgment for Lyft, allowing plaintiff’s claim to go forward on products liability and negligence theories; here’s part of the analysis (from Judge Robert Clayton, joined by Judge Michael Wright and, as to the negligence claim, Judge John Torbitzky). The trial court granted summary judgment from Lyft, but the appellate court reversed, reasoning (in part) that Lyft’s allowing people to “fraudulently and anonymously request[]” a ride may be legally actionable. Lyft “purportedly failed to contain multiple protections for its drivers including,” among other things, “adequate data verification technology pertaining to a passenger’s age, identity, or violent propensity”:
Plaintiff avers Lyft implemented measures in states other than Mis
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