The company says the verdict affirms its safety efforts even as it prepares to challenge the decision in court.

Uber Technologies Inc. was hit with $8.5 million in damages in a trial over a 19-year-old woman’s claim that she was raped by ...

A jury found that Uber must pay $8.5 million to a woman who said one of its drivers raped her. The decision could set the stage for payments to thousands of other passengers who filed similar claims ...

A Phoenix jury found Uber legally responsible for the driver but not for negligence in a case of reported sexual assault ...

Jurors must decide whether Uber was negligent, had a defective app or was responsible for its driver and whether any of that caused injuries.