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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by snurfer on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:11PM (#26700821)
Most of the money went to the attorneys.

"Irving took legal action against Uber, resulting in an arbitrator this month awarding her $324,000 in damages plus legal expenses of $805,313"

https://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Uber-drivers-re...

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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by jagger27 on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:14PM (#26700855)
Can you successfully fight Uber’s über legal team for under a million? Seems cheap to me.
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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by kumarvvr on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:18PM (#26700915)
Can a judicial system be sane enough that big organizations cannot leverage deep pockets to delay justice?
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Re:Uber ordered to pay $1.1M to blind woman refused rides by snurfer on Monday April 05, 2021 @12:31PM (#26701121)
I guess it depends on how you define "successfully".
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