A national group representing trial lawyers is vowing to fight language in the draft surface transportation reauthorization that a key House panel approved Friday morning to protect ride-hailing apps such as Uber Technologies from liability for crimes and negligence by drivers.
“What could have been a bipartisan package to make Americans safer on the road has become an unprecedented attempt to give immunity to companies responsible for sexual assault, life-altering injuries, and deaths,” Linda Lipsen, CEO of the American Association for Justice, said after the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee moved the bill. She urged the House to block the ...