After years of battles within the state over ride-share driver classification issues, California is redrawing the map of gig-economy labor relations – a measure that would, for the first time in the state, give unions a path to organize rideshare drivers. California Governor Gavin Newsom is framing the bill as the result of a compromise that includes long-sought insurance reforms aimed at lowering fares and

Al Shikha v. Lyft, Inc., 102 Cal. App. 5th 14 (2024)

While working as a Lyft driver, Abdu Lkader Al Shikra was stabbed by a passenger in a “sudden and unprovoked attack.”  Al Shikra sued Lyft for negligence based on its failure to conduct criminal background checks on all passengers.  The trial court granted Lyft’s motion for judgment on the pleadings, and the Court