Federal jury in Phoenix finds Uber liable on one claim, awards $8.5 million in first bellwether trial

A federal jury in Phoenix found Uber liable on one of three claims in the first bellwether trial among more than 3,000 consolidated passenger assault suits, and awarded $8.5 million in compensatory damages. Jurors found Uber not liable on the other two claims. The verdict is one of the first results in this consolidated litigation, and later trials will test similar claims.

• Compensatory damages of $8.5 million
• Liable on one of three claims; not liable on the other two
• First federal bellwether trial in the consolidated case of more than 3,000 suits
• The claim concerns an alleged sexual assault during a ride in Tempe, Arizona