Lyft Driver Class Action Settlement

Class Eligibility

You are a class member if you are a current and former Lyft drivers who gave at least one ride to passengers in California at any time between May 25, 2012 and July 1, 2016.

Estimated Amount

Varies

Payment will be calculated based on a points system, and will be awarded as follows:

  • “For each Ride given in the period from May 25, 2012, through September 30, 2012, the Class Member will receive two hundred twenty seven (227) Points.
  • For each sixty-minute period in Ride Mode for the period from October 1, 2012, through July 1, 2016, the Class Member will receive six hundred (600) Points.
  • For each sixty-minute period in Ride Mode for the period from January 14, 2013, through December 23, 2013, a Class Member will receive an additional one hundred twenty (120) Points.

For each Class Member who spent thirty (30) or more hours per week in Ride Mode in fifty (50) percent or more of the weeks in the period from May 25, 2012, through July 1, 2016, in which he or she gave at least one Ride, the points calculated above will be multiplied by 2, so that the Class Member receives double the number of Points than would otherwise be awarded.”

Proof of Purchase

N/A

Case Name

Patrick Cotter, et al. v. Lyft Inc.,
Case No. 3:13-cv-04065-VC
District Court for the Northern District of California

Case Summary

This settlement resolves accusations that Lyft misclassified their drivers as independent contractors

The lawsuit asserts that Lyft has standard operational procedures dictating the interactions between riders and drivers, such directives can only be made to an employee and not an independent contractors

Lyft denies the allegations but has agreed to settle

Settlement Pool

$12,000,000

Deadline

TBD

Contact

Cotter v. Lyft Inc.

c/o GCG

P.O. Box 35129

Seattle, WA 98124-5129

855-907-3215

info@LyftDriverLawsuit.com