Uber filed a lawsuit against a group of law firms and medical workers, claiming that they had a car accident and performed unnecessary operations to perform insurance fraud, Bloomberg The group is allegedly reported by passengers participating in the alleged or minor clashes of vehicles, and provided “medical unnecessary … (sometimes) invasive and painful operations, such as mergers of the spine,” according to the federal lawsuit filed yesterday in Brooklyn.
Driving the alleged racket is insurance in New York, especially that it belongs to taxi drivers and the line. The city forces these workers to transfer injuries to $ 200,000, four times, which is required for individual drivers – providing potential scammers with profitable goals.
There are other problems behind the claim. The largest taxi insurer in New York, Atic (American Transit Insurance Co.), which provides about 60 percent of 120,000 cars in finding in the city, recently remained insolvent. Last year, Uber sued Atic, saying that his “unreasonable practice” gave rise to 23 trials against Uber, forcing him to consider the claims in court.
In addition, in December last year, Atic itself filed a lawsuit of $ 450 million, which also received damage from doctors and others for insurance fraud. This left New York with a great disorder regarding the availability and prices of hiring insurance, so Governor Katie Wolly recently proposed the legislation to simplify insurance to adjust the commercial insurance of the car.
Uber insisted on insurance and reform of torts in several states to take into account the growing insurance costs that damaged his business. Company Recently agreed Before the settlement of 328 million dollars with New York drivers Rideshare, which were unfinished from 2014 to 2017.