City of Ottawa to Appeal Negligent Ruling in $215 Million Taxi Class-Action Lawsuit

City of Ottawa to appeal negligent ruling in $215 million taxi class-action lawsuit

The City of Ottawa is set to appeal a judge’s ruling that found the city was negligent when Uber and other ride-sharing services rolled into the city more than 10 years ago.

City loses bid for 768 individual trials on damages for taxi plate holders in class action

A judge has ruled that owners of Ottawa's taxi licence plates will not have to individually argue how much each of them should receive for the city's negligence in enforcing its taxi bylaws when ride-hailing companies like Uber illegally established themselves in the capital between 2014 and 2016.