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A federal jury in Phoenix ordered Uber to pay $8.5 million to a passenger Thursday who said she was raped by a driver, deeming the driver an agent of the rideshare company in a verdict that could influence thousands of similar cases nationwide.
The nine-member jury awarded the compensatory damages to Jaylynn Dean, who was 19 at the time of the alleged assault. Dean said she suffered lasting harm after an Uber driver raped her during a November 2023 ride to her hotel from her boyfriend’s apartment in Tempe, Arizona.
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