( October 29, 2024, 12:09 PM EDT) -- SAN FRANCISCO — The Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has denied a petition for rehearing en banc or panel rehearing of a panel reversal of a grant of summary judgment by a Washington federal court in favor of a rideshare company in a lawsuit by the estate and survivors of one the company’s drivers stemming from the driver’s murder during a carjacking attempt perpetrated by two people who had signed up for the company’s services with false personal information and a prepaid phone and gift card minutes before being matched with the driver....