Independent Living Resource Center San Francisco v. Lyft, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

INDEPENDENT LIVING RESOURCE CENTER SAN FRANCISCO, a California non-profit corporation, No. C 19-01438 WHA JUDITH SMITH, an individual, JULIE FULLER, an individual, SASCHA BITTNER, an individual, TARA AYRES, an individual, and FINDINGS OF FACT AND

COMMUNITY RESOURCES FOR CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

INDEPENDENT LIVING, a California non-profit corporation, 15 Plaintiffs, 16 v.

LYFT, INC.,

18 Defendant.

20 INTRODUCTION In this action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. 12181, et seq., the issue is whether a rideshare platform company discriminates against motorized wheelchair users by failing to offer wheelchair-accessible rides. Specifically, trial addressed the following question: Has defendant discriminated by refusing to adopt plaintiffs’ proposed modification to defendant’s policies, practices, or procedures? The answer is no. For the following reasons, plaintiffs have not met their burden to show that the proposed modification is…