Uber, Lyft drivers drop price-fixing lawsuit in California
economictimes.indiatimes.comUber and Lyft drivers have dropped a class-action lawsuit in California that accused the ride-hailing companies of unfairly stopping them from setting their own fares as independent contractors.
The drivers in a filing on Wednesday said they had dismissed their case, which hit a major setback last year when a San Francisco Superior Court judge ruled that the plaintiffs would be required to arbitrate their claims individually.
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Attorneys for the drivers at plaintiffs' law firm Edelson and Colorado-based Towards Justice did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Uber and Lyft did not immediately respond to similar requests.
The lawsuit by current and former drivers, filed in 2022, was a novel legal challenge against two of the biggest on-demand rideshare companies. The complaint said Uber and Lyft were engaged in illegal price-fixing.
Uber and Lyft have won rulings in recent years beating back claims from drivers that they should be declared employees with a broader range of benefits than independent contractors.
Unlike those cases, the lawsuit in San Francisco alleged that drivers as independent
