Key Highlights
- Uber was ordered to pay $8.5 million to Jaylynn Dean in a federal trial.
- The jury found Uber liable for the actions of its driver, who sexually assaulted Dean.
- This case is the first of more than 3,000 similar lawsuits consolidated in federal court.
- The jury awarded compensatory damages but did not grant punitive damages.
- The trial serves as a bellwether to help gauge the value of claims for possible settlements.
