Uber Driver’s Age, Disability Bias Claims Sent to Arbitrator

A former Uber driver must convince an arbitrator that his age and disability bias allegations against the ride-hailing giant belong in court, a federal judge in Chicago ruled.

The Jan. 24 decision by the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois is a reminder that while courts typically resolve the gateway issue of whether parties have agreed to arbitrate a dispute rather than take it to court, the parties may agree in advance to instead allow an arbitrator to decide such questions.

Steven A. Wade, the lawyer for driver Roland McIntosh, told Bloomberg Law that the ruling is ...