Uber rape survivor files lawsuit in

Saturday, 31/01/2015

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New York : A 25-year-old Indian woman, allegedly raped by an Uber driver in New Delhi last month, has sued the online taxi service company in a US court for failing to maintain basic safety measures, including lax screening of its drivers, that led to the assault and humiliation.

The woman - who has not been named in the 36-page lawsuit filed in the California federal court against the San Francisco-based firm, being identified as ‘Jane Doe’ - has called Uber the “modern day equivalent of electronic hitchhiking”. The taxi service, valued at $40 billion and operating through an app in over 250 cities around the world, was banned from Delhi’s streets following the December 5 rape, that sparked safety fears throughout India.

The woman executive is seeking an unspecified amount in damages that should be determined at a jury trial and compensation for the “physical and monetary” harm and for harm to her “professional and personal reputations” the assault caused her. The lawsuit said Uber’s “negligence, fraud and other unlawful actions” caused the woman’s sexual assault, which has “humiliated, degraded, violated and robbed” her of her dignity. She is also seeking a permanent injunction directing that Uber take all affirmative steps necessary to remedy the effects of the alleged unlawful conduct of the driver and to “prevent repeated occurrences in the future”.

Following the filing of the lawsuit, the victim’s lawyer, prominent New York Attorney Douglas Wigdor said Uber’s focus on its “bottomline over the safety of its passengers has resulted in what can only be described as modern day electronic hitchhiking.” “...We intend to hold Uber responsible for the significant physical and emotional harm it has caused to our client, while simultaneously seeking a court order mandating that Uber initiate certain safety precautions that they appear unwilling to do voluntarily,” he said.

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