US couple blocked from suing Uber after crash say daughter agreed to Uber Eats terms (www.theguardian.com)

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The couple added that they were “horrified” that a large corporation like Uber could “avoid being sued in a court of law by injured consumers because of contractual language buried in a dozen-page-long user agreement concerning services unrelated to the one that caused the consumers’ injuries.”

After several days and countless news stories surrounding Disney’s bid to use Disney+ terms to shield itself from a lawsuit tied to Disney World, the Hollywood giant later backtracked and dropped the legal claim, allowing the matter to proceed in court instead of through arbitration.

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[-] eacapesamsara@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 days ago

They chose to be born in a country where corporations have been writing laws and installing judges for longer than there's been electricity, better luck next life I guess since I doubt this will get anyone involved to change their voting habits to third party.

[-] pelespirit@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago

I'm hoping you're going to add a sarcasm to that, yeah?

[-] eacapesamsara@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 days ago

Only half sarcastic. They didn't choose to be born, no one would willingly choose to be born in the US.

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