Uber Sees First Big Loss in National Class Action on Driver Pay

• Uber shorted pay for class of about 9,600 drivers, judge find

• Case heads to discovery, possible trial on punitive damages

Uber Technologies Inc. paid thousands of drivers less than they were entitled to, a federal judge in California ruled. Now the ride-hailing company likely heads to trial to determine how much the drivers are owed.

“I believe that this is the first case that they’ve lost on the merits in a national class action,” John Crabtree, an attorney for the 9,602-member class, told Bloomberg Law March 9. They rang up $1.4 million in fares on which the company ...