Torts/Personal Injury
Aug. 4, 2026
Uber background checks, criminal records and passenger assault claims in California
How rideshare screening actually works, when a driver's criminal record matters and what a passenger injured by an Uber driver has to prove in a California negligence case.
Jean-Claude Lapuyade
Managing Partner
The JCL Law Firm
5440 Morehouse Drive, Suite 3600
San Diego , CA
Phone: (619) 599-8292
Email: jlapuyade@jcl-lawfirm.com
California Western SOL; San Diego CA
Yosi Yahoudai
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
J&Y Law
1875 Century Park E Ste 920
Century City , CA 90067
Phone: (877) 862-4317
Fax: (310) 407-0767
Email: intakes@jnylaw.com
J&Y Law handles personal injury, rideshare injury, and third-party liability claims. JCL handles criminal defense and criminal-record matters. This article is general information and not legal advice. Anyone injured in a rideshare assault or facing a related criminal matter should consult an attorney about their specific situation.
A ride is a small act of trust. You get into a stranger's car because a company vouched for the person behind the wheel. When that trust is broken and a passenger is assaulted, two systems switch on at once: the criminal case against the driver, and the civil question of whether the company that dispatched him should answer for the harm.
Those are different questions with different rules. Uber screens drivers, but when does a criminal record disqual...
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