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

US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to terms while using Uber Eats

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
This does not seem like it could or should be legal.