The case lays the groundwork for about 3,000 other sexual misconduct cases the ridesharing platform is facing nationwide.
In a federal bellwether case, the jury ordered the ride-hailing giant to pay $8.5 million to Jaylynn Dean, who said one of its drivers assaulted her in 2023.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- The state of Alabama has joined a growing number of Republican-led states seeking to revive the death penalty for child rape, a sentence outlawed by the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008.