Overview

• The lawsuit, filed in San Francisco County Superior Court, comes from a 23-year-old identified as Jane Doe over an incident in Sacramento on May 28.
• Doe alleges the driver forced her out after she vomited, leaving her near an Oak Park gas station more than eight miles from home without her phone or keys, and the suit says the driver bypassed safer locations, including a hospital.
• The complaint says two strangers then took her to an apartment where she was assaulted at knifepoint; she escaped the next morning, was hospitalized, and reported the crime to Sacramento police, who confirm an active investigation with no arrests announced.
• The filing states Doe’s mother reported the incident to Uber on May 31 and received a generic email with hotline links, and it alleges the company indicated the driver had not violated policy.
• Plaintiffs argue Uber’s driver-cancellation rules and post-incident procedures leave riders at risk and point to marketing targeting drinkers, while Uber offered sympathy and said it cannot comment on pending litigation.