Uber Driver’s Ratings Bias Class Action Dismissed by Judge (1)

A class action against Uber Technologies, Inc. filed by drivers alleging systemic race discrimination based on the app’s customer rating system was dismissed by a California federal judge, but with the permission to file a new complaint.

The lawsuit doesn’t adequately allege facts to support that the star rating system has a racially disparate impact, nor that the company intentionally discriminated against the would-be lead plaintiff, said Judge Vince Chhabria of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California on July 30, granting Uber’s motion to dismiss.

Chhabria acknowledged that plaintiff Thomas Liu’s theory is plausible and ...