9th Circuit: Uber Class Safe Rides Fee Class Settlement Was Not Coupon Settlement

Mealey's (December 1, 2022, 10:07 AM EST) -- SAN FRANCISCO — A more than $32 million settlement between a ride share company and a class of riders in a dispute over the company’s “Safe Rides Fee” where the average class member will receive $1.07 as a credit unless a claim form requesting cash is submitted was not a coupon settlement under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA), a Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel held Nov. 30 in an opinion addressing three appeals by objectors....