Following two hung juries and nearly nine years of litigation, a federal judge in Pennsylvania has dismissed an ongoing dispute between former UberBlack drivers and Uber as to whether the Philadelphia-based drivers were misclassified as independent contractors, rather than employees.
In a Tuesday decision, U.S. District Judge Michael M. Baylson of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania granted Uber’s motion for mistrial following the most recent trial that started June 10 and left the jury deadlocked after several days of deliberation. Baylson denied motions for relief filed by the plaintiff, former UberBlack driver Ali Razak.