The US court ordered Uber to pay compensation of $ 1.13 million to a blind woman. Drivers of service 14 times refused to carry the disabled because of the unwillingness to take her dog-guide to the salon.
Taxi aggregator recognized guilty of illegal discrimination and obliged to pay the client Lisee Irving compensation for moral damage in the amount of $ 805 313, not counting the cost of expenses for lawyers worth $ 324,000. For each of the 14 cases, Irving wanted to sue $ 4,000 to $ 25,000 , Tell Business Insider.
According to the American law, the guide dog should be able to move everywhere where it can go blind. However, in 2018, Irving was 14 times or denied the trip, or insulted at all and were fought in verbally, forcing the cancellation of the order because of the reluctance to let the dog in the salon. Appeals to Uber did not led to anything, and the woman decided to go to the court for compensation.
Uber expressed categorical disagreement with the decision of the judge, stating that it was not responsible for the behavior of his drivers. However, the court indicated that under the contract Uber watches his drivers and guilty of what was “is unable to prevent discrimination by proper training of its employees.”