Transportation
Aug. 7, 2014
Privileged rides are still common carriers
Recent changes in the law across the United States seem to have expanded the categorical definition of who is a common carrier subject to a heightened duty of care to its passengers.
Brian S. Kabateck
Founding and Managing Partner
Kabateck LLP
Consumer rights
633 W. Fifth Street Suite 3200
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: 213-217-5000
Email: bsk@kbklawyers.com
Brian represents plaintiffs in personal injury, mass torts litigation, class actions, insurance bad faith, insurance litigation and commercial contingency litigation. He is a former president of Consumer Attorneys of California.
Douglas A. Rochen
Partner
Abir, Cohen, Treyzon & Salo LLP
Personal injury
16001 Ventura Blvd, Suite #200
Encino , CA 91436
Fax: (310) 407-7888
Email: drochen@actslaw.com
California Western School of Law
Douglas leads the firm's catastrophic injury practice group, which includes the areas of trucking accidents, wrongful death, product liability, sexual abuse, traumatic brain injury, paralysis, catastrophic orthopedic loss, amputation, mass tort disaster, sensory loss, civil rights, premises liability, and pharmaceutical litigation.
Recent changes in the law across the United States seem to have expanded the categorical definition of who is a common carrier subject to a heightened duty of care to its passengers. The state of Maryland recently ordered Uber Technologies, a company that links people seeking rides with freelance drivers, to apply for a motor carrier permit saying it is a common carrier subject to state regulations. Uber is appealing this decision. Other states, including California, seem to be following...
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