{"id":1048283,"date":"2026-11-10T08:21:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T02:51:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/?p=1048283"},"modified":"2026-11-10T08:29:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T02:59:00","slug":"us-sues-lyft-alleges-discrimination-against-disabled-riders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/2026\/11\/10\/us-sues-lyft-alleges-discrimination-against-disabled-riders\/","title":{"rendered":"US sues Lyft, alleges discrimination against disabled riders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The US Justice Department sued Lyft on Monday, alleging the ride-hailing services provider discriminated against passengers with disabilities, including those who use service animals and mobility devices such as stowable wheelchairs. <\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit seeks $53 million for individuals with disabilities who Lyft allegedly discriminated against, and who have submitted complaints to Lyft or the Department of Justice, the DOJ said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p>Lyft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit, which was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Justice Department sued Lyft on Monday, alleging the ride-hailing services provider discriminated against passengers with disabilities, including those who use service animals and mobility devices such as stowable wheelchairs. The lawsuit seeks $53 million for individuals with disabilities who Lyft allegedly discriminated against, and who have submitted complaints to Lyft or the Department of Justice, the DOJ said in a statement. Lyft did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the lawsuit, which was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[59,4,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1048283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-it-2-the-economic-times","category-newspapers","category-the-economic-times"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1048283"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048283\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1048307,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1048283\/revisions\/1048307"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1048283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1048283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/telecomlive.in\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1048283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}