Last revised: 8/12/2021
Latest additions marked NEW>
Scooter Litigation
- Liability in General
- Suit Filed in California Says Scooters Rented by Uber, Segway Don’t Have Turn Signals (9/25/2020) (product liability)
- San Diego cracking down on Segways to curb injury payouts (8/12/2019)
- What happens when your car is hit by a Lime scooter (7/29/2019)
- Is Electric Scooter Safety Next on the Regulatory Menu? (7/9/2019)
- Following Chain of Liability in E-scooter Injuries (4/11/2019)
- Anatomy of an Electric Scooter Crash (1/10/2019)
- ADA Based Claims against Public Bodies and Scooter Share Companies
- NEW>Montoya et al v. City of San Diego et al, 434 F. Supp. 3d 830 (S.D. Cal. 2020) (ADA class action against city and scooter-share companies, court denial of motion to dismiss claims against city), 2021 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 108191, 2021 WL 2350927 (class action certification denied)
- Labowitz v. Bird Rides, Inc., No. CV 18-9329-MWF, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 84573 (C.D. Cal., 3/31/2020) (similar)
- CA
- Statewide impact
- Lime Scooter Workers Can Take Labor Claims to California Court (6/22/2020)
- Olabi v. Neutron, No. A156990 (Cal. Ct. App. June 19, 2020)
- Lime Scooter Workers Can Take Labor Claims to California Court (6/22/2020)
- ADA Class action
- Los Angeles, Santa Monica, Beverly Hills – Mia Labowitz v. Bird Rides, Inc. et al, Docket No. 2:18-cv-09329 (C.D. Cal. Oct 31, 2018)
- ADA and CA law
- Amended complaint
- Ruling against the plaintiffs (with leave to amend their complaint) (10/29/2019)
- Los Angeles
- Riverside
- NEW>Riverside is suing Bird, claiming breach of the indemnification and insurance provisions of the company's licensing agreement with the city (12/31/2020)
- action
- Complaint
- San Diego – They said you could leave electric scooters anywhere - Then the Repo Men Struck Back (7/24/2019)
- Scooter Impound Company Sues Lime Over Fight With Scooter 'Juicers' (9/4/2019)
- Remember those Guys Impounding Scooters? Lime and Bird Are Suing them (4/10/2019)
- Vigilantes Are Taking Scooters Off the Streets of San Diego and Bird and Lime Are Pissed (4/17/2019) (includes complaints filed by Bird and Lime in California Superior Court, County of San Diego)
- Defendants' Site and App
- California statute authorizing owner of property to have vehicles removed to a storage facility - Cal. Veh. Code § 22658
- Santa Monica
- Statewide impact
- FL
- Ft. Lauderdale – A Lime scooter accident left Ashanti Jordan in a vegetative state. Now her mother is suing on her behalf (2/11/2019)
- GA
- Altanta – Atlanta woman sues Uber, says faulty e-scooter brakes led to injuries (12/5/2019)
- ID
- IN
- Indianapolis – 'Defective' Lime scooter left Indianapolis rider with traumatic brain injury, lawsuit says (9/20/2019)
- MN
- Minneapolis – Advocate for disabled sues Minneapolis over e-scooters littering sidewalks (10/18/2019)
- OH
- NEW>Columbus - Bechtel v. Neutron Holdings, Inc., No. 2:20-cv-1555, 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 156345, 2020 WL 5087082 (S.D. Ohio, Aug. 28, 2020) (products liability action against individuals responsible for Lime scooters in Columbus, Ohio)
- TX
- Austin:
- Dallas
- San Antonio:
- WI
- Milwaukee - Milwaukee v. Bird Rides Inc et al, Docket No. 2:18-cv-01066 (E.D. Wis. Jul 12, 2018)
- Action to enjoin in state court, removed to federal a non-resident
- Milwaukee - Milwaukee v. Bird Rides Inc et al, Docket No. 2:18-cv-01066 (E.D. Wis. Jul 12, 2018)