Legal Opinion
Bekele v. Lyft, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 13, 2019No. 16-2109PPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Circuit Judge.
This case is about the enforceability of an arbitration clause alleged to be unconscionable under Massachusetts law.
Yilkal Bekele, the plaintiff, drove for Lyft, Inc., the defendant, starting in mid-2014. Bekele tapped "I accept" on his iPhone 4 when presented with Lyft's Terms of Service Agreement ("TOS Agreement"), which contains a provision requiring that all disputes between the parties be resolved by one-on-one arbitration. Bekele later brought a putative class action in Massachusetts Superior Court against Lyft alleging that the company misclassifies its drivers as…
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