Last revised: 8/12/2021
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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)
  • ADA Class action
    • Lime and Bird sued over alleged scooter safety failures and injuries to dozens (8/21/2020)
  • 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
    • The ACLU is suing Los Angeles over its controversial scooter tracking system (6/28/2020)
    • Uber sues LA in bid to protect scooter riders’ geolocation data (10/30/2019)
  • 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
    • California woman injured after tripping over scooter sues (11/14/2019) (another account of suit against both Lyft and the city)
• 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
  • Boise – Women who fell into construction hole on e-scooters file claim against Boise, ACHD (1/17/2020)
•  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:
    • Austin lawyer files 7 lawsuits against e-scooter companies this month (7/27/2019)
    • Lime scooter company being sued for negligence (2/20/2019)
  • Dallas
    • Family of Dallas man killed riding rental scooter sues Lime (2/26/2020)
  • San Antonio:
    • Blue Duck Legal Threat Puts City on Notice Over Scooter Bid Deadline (9/21/2019)
• 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