Im elizabeth hopkins. Two women filed the papers. John monahan is here to tell us why. John. Well, theyre arguably the largest Ride Sharing Service in the world and tonight two women from boston and another from South Carolina are accusing uber of neglect and fraud. Its all in this federal lawsuit ive been going through in the last hour where the San Francisco based company is named as a defendant. The boston case has to do with this man. Uber driver abde has been charge with assault and battery he allegedly dropped the woman off first and then took the victim, who is named as jane doe 1 in this case, off the route and raped her. A law firm in new york filed a lawsuit stating a long case that despite repeated claims to ensure safety that the Ride Sharing Service fails on those measures, stating, quote, opening the uber app and saying the pickup location has proven to be the modern day equivalent of electronic hitchhiking. Buyer beware, we all know how those horror movies end and also a
Local dumpling houses. Serious accusations part of a brandnew federal lawsuit just filed against Ride Share Company yukeer and they include an incident in boston. Good evening, im mark ockerbloom. Im elizabeth hopkins. Two women filed the papers. Why. John. Well, theyre arguably the largest Ride Sharing Service in the world and tonight two women from boston and another from South Carolina are accusing uber of neglect and fraud. Its all in this federal lawsuit last hour where the San Francisco based company is named as a defendant. The boston case has to do with this man. Uber driver abde has been charge with assault and battery he allegedly dropped the woman off first and then took the victim, who is named as jane doe 1 in this case, off the route and raped her. A law firm in new york filed a lawsuit stating a long case that despite repeated claims to ensure safety that the Ride Sharing Service fails on those measures, stating, quote, opening the uber app and saying the pickup location
Skies above that tree as you see there. Nasa says that could be a piece of space junk. But whats everybody saying this morning these could be . Ufos. Of course. Thats the way to go. A lot of states have reported seeing these things. Almost ten states here where these sightings have been occurring in the midwest. Also on the east coast. Were going to get some answers from nasa today. Sbnge interesting. Right before election day. A bnch of strange things happening. Lets turn to president obama. He has signed a declaration, disaster declaration in hawaii. The community threatened by the relentless flow of lava. It will provide federal emergency help with repairs, restoration and even building new roads. The lava flowing has been moving slowly toward communities in the big islands lower puna district. Heres a look at todays weather. A strm system covering much of texas moves to the ohio valley and great lakes threatening to dump as much as two inches of raun. Showers over south florida and
He was found in an abandoned aircraft hangar last ghnit. Frein accused of killing one state trooper and seriously injuring another will now face the Death Penalty. Officials in maine may go to court to try to force nurse hickox in quarantine. Hickox refused to stay in her home yesterday. Look, this is a small airplane crashed into the wichita airport. The pilot reportedly losing power in one of two engines just after takeoff. Just in time for halloween, we have a big change in the weather. Were talking about a major cooldown. Number 23 lebron james first game in his return to cleveland. This is like a holiday in northeast ohio. Didnt go as planned. It was great but im also glad its over. Theio natgunal ard called out in hawaii at the,000degree lava flow blazes a path through a small village. Comes inches from piercing the top of a subway car. All that lereased photo of kim jungun sitting in a fighter jet. But kim, i was standing. The saints get it done on the road. And all that matters
Some consumer news this morning. Those wafer thin lithium batteries have long been a child safety hazard. Engineers have produced a special coating that stops them from activating if they are swallowed. The coating conducts electricity only when its squeezed inside a Spring Loaded compartment. Some mixed news for apple customers anticipating the new iwatch. Apple struggling to meet demand for the iphone 6 and the revamp of the ipad. They are pushing back the release of the iwatch to mid2015. Possibly have to wait until some time midsummer before you see that thing. One of the biggest movies of last year is back in the news with a lawsuit stemming from one of the scenes. American hustles producers are catching heat for something jennifer larns said about microwave ovens. Abcs cecilia vega with the story. Reporter who can forget this explosive scene in american hustle. I read it takes all of the nutrition out offer food. I read it in an article. Reporter well, paul brodeur, a real life s