US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to Uber Eats terms
US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to Uber Eats terms
New Jersey appeals court sides with ride-hailing company, saying arbitration provision in terms was ‘valid’
The couple added that they were “horrified” that a large corporation like Uber could “avoid being sued in a court of law by injured consumers because of contractual language buried in a dozen-page-long user agreement concerning services unrelated to the one that caused the consumers’ injuries.”
After several days and countless news stories surrounding Disney’s bid to use Disney+ terms to shield itself from a lawsuit tied to Disney World, the Hollywood giant later backtracked and dropped the legal claim, allowing the matter to proceed in court instead of through arbitration.
This is insane. This couple signed an agreement when they got their food delivered but were hit by an Uber Eats car in a totally separate situation. They were told to abide by this agreement. This is fuuuuuucked.
Yep.
It's the same "But you agreed to a totally unrelated umbrella ToS that waived your right to sue our parent company and all of its subsidiaries" that Disney was using when trying to settle a wrongful death lawsuit because the victim had signed up to a Disney+ trial and clicked "I agree" on its ToS.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/20/24224277/disney-wrongful-death-lawsuit-waiving-arbitration
They chose to be born in a country where corporations have been writing laws and installing judges for longer than there's been electricity, better luck next life I guess since I doubt this will get anyone involved to change their voting habits to third party.
I'm hoping you're going to add a sarcasm to that, yeah?
Only half sarcastic. They didn't choose to be born, no one would willingly choose to be born in the US.