{"action":{"id":"uber-sexual-assault-proposed-class-action","slug":"uber-sexual-assault-proposed-class-action","title":"Uber Sexual Assault Proposed Class Action","category":"Personal Injury","stage":"filed","tags":{"industry":["Consumer services","Travel and hospitality"],"geographic":["Canada-wide"],"eligibilityTrigger":["Was a passenger or traveler","Experienced abuse or harm"]},"allegationsSummary":"The lawsuit alleges that Uber Canada Inc., Uber Technologies, Inc., Uber Holdings Canada Inc., Uber Rasier Canada Inc., and Rasier, LLC failed to protect passengers from sexual assault, sexual misconduct, and other attacks by Uber drivers paired through the Uber App. It claims Uber misrepresented the safety of its rideshare services, including through advertising aimed at women and intoxicated passengers and through a Safe Rides Fee said to fund safety measures, and that its driver screening lacked fingerprinting, interviews, and training. The claim seeks damages and court orders requiring Uber to adopt adequate safety measures. These are allegations only, and nothing has been proved in court.","proposedClassDefinition":"The lawsuit proposes a class of all persons in Canada who used Uber's rideshare services and were sexually assaulted, assaulted, battered, raped, kidnapped, forcibly confined, stalked, harassed, otherwise attacked or subjected to other sexual misconduct by an Uber driver with whom they had been paired through the Uber App. This is a proposed definition, and the court has not yet decided who would be included.","whatHappensNext":"The next major step is a certification hearing, where a Manitoba court will decide whether the case may proceed as a class action. Certification decides only whether the lawsuit can go forward on behalf of the proposed class, not whether the allegations are true. No certification hearing date has been reported yet, and timelines like this are uncertain and often run for years. There is no settlement and no claims process at this stage.","caseBackground":"This proposed class action was filed in Manitoba against Uber Canada Inc., Uber Technologies, Inc., Uber Holdings Canada Inc., Uber Rasier Canada Inc., and Rasier, LLC. The lawsuit alleges that Uber failed to protect passengers from sexual assault, sexual misconduct, and other attacks by drivers on its platform, and that it misrepresented how safe its rideshare services were, including in advertising aimed at women and intoxicated passengers and through a Safe Rides Fee described as funding safety measures.\n\nThe claim says Uber's driver screening did not include fingerprinting, interviews, or training, that Uber resisted adopting effective safety measures, and that it failed to warn passengers of the risks. The representative plaintiff, a Winnipeg resident, alleges she was sexually assaulted by an Uber driver in December 2023 after an UberX ride. The lawsuit seeks damages and orders requiring Uber to put adequate safety measures in place. None of the allegations has been tested or proved in court.","faqs":[{"answer":"Usually no. The case has only been filed and has not been certified as a class action, so there is nothing you need to sign up for or claim at this stage.","question":"Do I need to do anything right now?"},{"answer":"No. There is no settlement and no claims process, and it is not certain there ever will be. Money could become available only if the case is certified and later succeeds at trial or settles with court approval.","question":"Is there any money available now?"},{"answer":"The lawsuit proposes to cover people across Canada who used Uber's rideshare services and were sexually assaulted, attacked, or subjected to other sexual misconduct by an Uber driver they were paired with through the Uber App. The court has not yet decided whether the case will proceed or who would be included.","question":"Who would the proposed class action cover?"},{"answer":"The court must first decide whether to certify the case as a class action. Even if it is certified, a claims process could open only after a trial result in favour of the class or a court-approved settlement, and neither of those is certain.","question":"What has to happen before a claims process could open?"},{"answer":"You can follow updates on this page or check with the law firm handling the case. If the case is certified, class members are typically notified about their options.","question":"How can I stay informed?"}],"proceedings":{"body":"The court filing behind this proposed class action.","items":[{"id":"9f3fda071a413d6d","url":"https://clg.org/Class-Action/List-of-Class-Actions/Uber-Sexual-Assault-Canadian-Class-Action","court":"The King's Bench, Winnipeg Centre","firms":[{"name":"Consumer Law Group PC"}],"stage":"filed","caseName":"C.K. v. Uber Canada Inc., Uber Technologies, Inc., Uber Holdings Canada Inc., Uber Rasier Canada Inc., and Rasier, LLC","dateFiled":"2024-03-15","fileNumber":"CI24-01-45539","jurisdiction":"Manitoba"}],"heading":"The proceeding"},"plaintiffFirms":[{"name":"Consumer Law Group PC","contacts":[]}],"sourceDocuments":[{"url":"/uploads/9692a926758b84e4c6479636-Statement-of-Claim-Canada.pdf","title":"Statement-of-Claim-Canada.pdf"}],"filedDate":"2024-03-15","certificationHearingDate":"","optOutDeadline":null,"seriousHarmEnabled":false,"quietPresentation":false,"stageChangedAt":"2026-09-15 23:27:28","lastReviewed":"2026-09-15","outcomeSummary":"","promotedSettlementSlug":"","relatedSlugs":[],"dateAdded":"2026-09-15","lastUpdated":"2026-09-15","languages":["en","fr"]}}