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1:20-cv-11674
Massachusetts
P.I.: Other
F. Dennis Saylor, IV
A former Uber Technologies Inc. driver who was shot multiple times while picking up a rider has settled a lawsuit against the company that had sought $1 million, disability pay and other employee benefits, according to a filing Wednesday.
Uber Technologies Inc. and a driver suing for disability pay after he was shot in the head both told a Massachusetts federal judge Tuesday the case doesn't belong in that court but disagreed on where to send the dispute.
Uber told a Massachusetts federal court Friday that a driver who was shot multiple times in the head while waiting to pick up a passenger must take his workers' compensation claims to the state benefits office, rather than bring them in court.
An Uber driver who was shot multiple times in the head while picking up a passenger has pushed back on the ride-hailing company's bid to boot his suit over workers' compensation to arbitration, arguing that the arbitration provisions in question don't apply to his claims.
Uber Technologies Inc. told a Massachusetts federal court Wednesday that only an arbitrator can decide whether the company owes disability pay and other benefits to a former driver who was repeatedly shot in the head while picking up a rider in Boston.
Full-time Uber driver Pedro Fontes was waiting to pick up a passenger on Cushing Avenue in Boston's Dorchester neighborhood when an unknown attacker shot him in the head multiple times.