SAN FRANCISCO — Uber Technologies Inc. has appealed the certification of a class of drivers seeking employee status, arguing that the case raises “urgent questions” for the burgeoning on-demand economy which are too important to leave to a single jury.
In a petition filed Tuesday with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Uber’s lawyers claim U.S. District Judge Edward Chen handled the class-certification issue improperly when he “swept aside” vast differences between class members and disregarded declarations from Uber drivers who said they don’t want to be employees.
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