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You can estimate how much this will cost Uber in CA as follows: $0.56 multiplied by total miles driven by UberX drivers over all time.

It’s almost as simple as that, since damages were given out almost entirely on those grounds.

I'll leave it to HN to figure out a guess on mileage =)

Some other interesting notes:

Plaintiff was engaged with Uber from July 23 to Sept 18, less than 2 months (p 2)

She worked for 470 hours in that time, so quite a bit (p. 6)

Damages broken down as follows: $0.56/mile reimbursement, for a total of $3,622, tolls for $256, interest of $274, for a total of $4,152 (p10)

Claims for wages, liquidated damages and penalties for violations were all dismissed (p11)



Side note: the $0.56 is an IRS number, and therefore federal, so could even be used as a proxy for all US =)




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