KQED is a proud member of
Save ArticleSave Article
KQED Radio
KQED Newssee more
Radio Schedule
Latest Newscasts:KQEDNPR
Player Sponsored By
upper waypoint
Forum

Uber Sued Over Child's Death in San Francisco

Michael Krasny
at
Save ArticleSave Article
Failed to save article

Please try again

 (Sara Bloomberg/KQED)

Ride-service company Uber is facing a wrongful death lawsuit over a collision that killed a 6-year-old girl in San Francisco on New Year’s Eve. Sofia Liu was hit by a car driven by one of Uber’s contractors. But Uber maintains the driver was not on duty for the company at the time of the accident. What does the suit mean for riders, drivers and for the rapidly expanding ride-service industry?

Guests:

Jon Brooks, contributor to KQED's News Fix blog who has been following the ride-service industry

David Levine, professor of law at UC Hastings College of Law

Sponsored

lower waypoint
next waypoint
Rainn Wilson from ‘The Office’ on Why We Need a Spiritual RevolutionErik Aadahl on the Power of Sound in FilmKQED Youth Takeover: How Can San Jose Schools Create Safer Campuses?Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments in Major Homelessness CasePercival Everett’s Novel “James” Recenters the Story of Huck FinnHave We Entered Into a New Cold War Era?KQED Youth Takeover: How Social Media is Changing Political AdvertisingDeath Doula Alua Arthur on How and Why to Prepare for the EndHow to Create Your Own ‘Garden Wonderland’First Trump Criminal Trial Underway in New York