Rideshare and TLC

• October 21, 2026 Second Department

  Crash With a Driver Allegedly Working for Uber: Claims Against Uber Go Forward Because the Uber Companies Did Not Prove He Was an Independent Contractor (Rivera v M. GS Talukder, 2d Dept 2026)

  A company can be held responsible for a crash caused by its employee on the job, but generally not for one caused by an independent contractor, and which one a driver was is usually a question for the jury. Here, the Second Department reversed the dismissal of an injured woman’s claims against three Uber companies, holding that they failed to eliminate all questions of fact about whether the driver was working as an independent contractor, rather than as their employee, when the collision happened.

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