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fromLos Angeles Times
1 week agoEffort to hold Uber legally responsible for sexual assaults by drivers heads to ballot
Voters will decide if rideshare companies should be liable for sexual assaults during trips in November.
The court ruled that Plamberger's expertise created a specific legal duty to protect his novice partner. Because Gurtner relied entirely on him, his role shifted from a moral guide to a legally bound protector.
Opening arguments began this week in a landmark case, among the first in a tsunami of lawsuits over possible harm to children and adolescents caused by social media, video games and artificial intelligence. In the current case, a young woman alleges that she became addicted to social-media platforms as a child, causing the anxiety, depression, and body dysmorphia that she lives with today.