Looking Back at Legal Problems for Uber – 2017

Uber has faced a lot of legal issues and backlash in response to the ride sharing platform’s shortcomings. In 2017, it faced a lot of problems and it was a seriously tumultuous year for the company. Here’s a look at some of Uber’s biggest legal problems throughout 2017.




Salmonella Concerns Prompt Massive Recall of More Than 200M Rose Acre Farms Eggs

If you haven’t heard already, more than 200 million eggs from an egg farm owned by Rose Acre Farms have been recalled over salmonella concerns. According to the recall notice, the eggs “from the affected farm were distributed to nine states, including Colorado, Florida, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia.” From there, the affected eggs made their way to “restaurants and supermarkets under multiple brand names, including Coburn Farms, Country Daybreak, Food Lion, Glenview, Great Value, Nelms and Sunshine Farms.” So far 22 reported illnesses have been linked to the recalled eggs.



Lawsuit Filed in Response to Nationwide Salmonella Outbreak

The first lawsuit related to a nationwide salmonella outbreak was filed earlier this week in the U.S. District Court in Denver, Colorado, alleging that a “contaminated product from a shop in Colorado Springs seriously wounded a woman in North Dakota.” According to the lawsuit, the woman, Ashley Lemke, “ordered a kratom tea through the post office from Soap Korner, a company based in Colorado Springs that specializes in the sale of herbal and natural extract products.” She originally ordered the tea in hopes that it would help alleviate her fibromyalgia pain.