September 2026 left the Uber passenger sexual-assault litigation in active bellwether testing with no global settlement announced. About 4,588 federal cases were pending, according to InjuryLawsuitConnect's 2026 update in InjuryLawsuitConnect case tracker.
MDL No. 3084 is the federal multidistrict litigation that groups passenger assault claims for coordinated discovery and pretrial rulings. This update covers case size, the first two verdicts, the fall trial schedule, and what survivors can still do.
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Table of Contents
- Where are the federal cases grouped?
- What did the first two bellwether trials decide?
- What happened to the fall 2026 trial dates?
- Do survivors join a class or file alone?
Where are the federal cases grouped?
Federal passenger cases were centralized in October 2023 before U.S. District Judge Charles R. Breyer in the Northern District of California, according to AboutLawsuits.com. Centralization keeps discovery and pretrial rulings coordinated instead of repeated in hundreds of courts.
Court calendars noted a September 11 case-management conference and a September 24 discovery conference. Those settings kept document disputes, expert work, and trial selection moving during September. Published totals vary by cutoff and tracker. The Lawsuit Information Center reported 4,916 pending on October 1, 2026, alongside a lower count of about 2,229 active federal cases plus 619 California JCCP state cases. Readers should use one dated count consistently.
What did the first two bellwether trials decide?
The first federal bellwether jury found Uber liable in Arizona on February 5, 2026, according to Fob & Foster. It awarded $8.5 million to a 19-year-old survivor alleging rape under an apparent-agency theory. The second jury again found Uber responsible on April 20, 2026, in a North Carolina case alleging thigh-touching and battery. Judge Breyer had ruled that Uber is a common carrier with heightened non-delegable duty, according to the plaintiffs' counsel release published by Morningstar.
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Damages were $5,000. The contrast matters for expectations. Liability findings do not produce the same award in every fact pattern. Battery with limited physical contact drew far less than alleged rape.
What happened to the fall 2026 trial dates?
The third bellwether involved Jane Doe QLF 001, alleging forced oral sex during a 2020 Texas ride. It was set for September/October 2026 in the Western District of Texas and settled less than 48 hours after jury selection, before October opening statements, according to PR Newswire case report. That settlement avoided a third verdict but preserved pressure from the first two verdicts.
It also moved attention to the next selected case. Judge Breyer's July 13, 2026 order set the fourth bellwether to begin October 5, 2026, according to AboutLawsuits.com. Expert discovery closed September 2, with summary-judgment motions due September 4 and Daubert motions due September 8. September therefore functioned mainly as a motions and expert deadline month.
Do survivors join a class or file alone?
Affected riders must file individual lawsuits for individual damages rather than joining a class, according to the Lawsuit Information Center. No global settlement had been announced by early October 2026. That structure affects practical choices: Survivors considering action need to file an individual lawsuit to seek individual damages.
- There is no class membership form that preserves a damages claim.
- An individual filing is the route to individual evaluation.
- Bellwether outcomes inform negotiations but do not automatically pay other plaintiffs.
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