If you were sexually assaulted during an Uber ride in Las Vegas, the attorneys at Drummond Law Firm will fight to recover the compensation you deserve. Sexual assault by rideshare drivers is a growing concern across Clark County and the greater Las Vegas area, leaving survivors with lasting physical and emotional harm. If Uber’s failure to screen a dangerous driver caused your assault, you may be entitled to recover damages for medical expenses, lost wages, and pain and suffering.
Our attorneys handle Uber sexual assault cases throughout Las Vegas and will guide you through the process with a free consultation. Call (702) 366-9966 to get started.
Uber Sexual Assault Attorneys Serving Las Vegas
Drummond Law Firm represents Uber sexual assault survivors across Las Vegas with direct, attorney-led legal representation from the moment you reach out. Every client works with a licensed attorney who evaluates your case, communicates with insurance companies and opposing counsel, and builds a strategy designed to hold Uber accountable for the harm you suffered. We will never hand you off to a paralegal for the decisions that count.
Uber’s own safety data reveals the scope of this problem. The company reported 3,824 sexual assaults on its platform between 2019 and 2020, and those numbers only reflect what survivors chose to report.
Attorney Craig Drummond, a former U.S. Army Captain and Bronze Star recipient, has litigated against Uber and recovered tens of millions of dollars for injured clients throughout Nevada. His military discipline and proven trial record set our firm apart when corporate accountability is on the line.
Without an Attorney vs. With Drummond Law Firm
Survivors who hire an attorney recover significantly more than those who handle Uber sexual assault claims on their own. Research from the Insurance Research Council found that represented victims recovered approximately 3.5 times more than those without a lawyer.
| Without an Attorney | With Drummond Law Firm |
| Uber’s legal team may pressure you into a quick, low settlement | Our attorneys negotiate from a position of strength backed by trial experience |
| Uber has fought to limit payouts through arbitration clauses and app terms | Attorney Craig Drummond has taken cases to trial and will not back down |
| You bear the burden of proving negligence and gathering evidence alone | Our team works with investigators and medical professionals to build your case |
| You risk accepting far less than your case is worth | Our Reduced Fee Guarantee® ensures the attorney fee will not exceed your net recovery |
You deserve a legal team that fights for the full value of your claim, not one that allows Uber to dictate the outcome.
When the stakes are high, you need an attorney who’s already been tested under pressure.
Types of Cases We Handle in Las Vegas
Our firm handles a range of rideshare sexual assault cases throughout Las Vegas and the surrounding area, including claims against Uber involving drivers, passengers, and negligent third parties.
- Assaults During Active Rides: Sexual assault during an active Uber trip accounts for the majority of claims in the federal multidistrict litigation (MDL) against the company. These cases involve unwanted touching, groping, indecent exposure, or sexual battery committed by a driver while a passenger is in the vehicle.
- Assaults at Pickup and Drop-Off: Assaults also occur at pickup locations, during the wait for a driver, and after the ride has ended. A driver who follows a passenger to their door or refuses to end the trip may bear liability for conduct that takes place outside the vehicle.
- Negligent Screening and Repeat Offender Cases: When Uber’s background check misses a driver’s criminal history, or the company fails to act on prior complaints, the resulting assault may give rise to claims against both the driver and Uber as a corporate defendant.
How Nevada Law Affects Your Uber Sexual Assault Case
Nevada law gives sexual assault survivors powerful legal protections, but your filing rights change depending on who you are suing. Senate Bill 129, signed into law in 2023, eliminated the statute of limitations for civil sexual assault claims filed against the perpetrator.
Claims against Uber as a company follow a shorter deadline because they are based on negligence rather than the assault itself. The specific timelines for each type of defendant are broken down in the filing-deadline section below.
Nevada also protects survivors through its rape shield law under NRS 50.090, which prevents defense attorneys from introducing your prior sexual history as evidence in court. In practice, this means Uber’s legal team cannot attack your character or shift blame by pointing to anything in your personal past that has nothing to do with the assault itself.
Can You Sue Uber for Sexual Assault in Las Vegas?
You can sue Uber for sexual assault if the company failed to take reasonable steps to protect you as a passenger. While the driver who committed the assault bears direct responsibility, Uber may also be liable when its own conduct contributed to the conditions that allowed the assault to happen.
Uber has long classified its drivers as independent contractors rather than employees, a distinction the company uses to argue it should not be held responsible for a driver’s criminal acts. Courts have pushed back on that position. In the federal MDL, Judge Charles Breyer ruled that Uber’s terms of service do not prevent survivors from pursuing their claims, rejecting the company’s attempt to force cases into individual arbitration.
A negligence claim against Uber does not require you to prove the company directly employed the driver. The focus falls on Uber’s own conduct, specifically whether the company failed to screen, monitor, or remove a driver who posed a foreseeable risk to passengers. If the evidence shows that Uber could have prevented the assault by acting on information it already had, the company can be held financially responsible for the harm you suffered.
What Should You Do After an Uber Sexual Assault in Las Vegas?
Take these steps after an Uber sexual assault in Las Vegas to protect both your safety and your legal rights. We understand how overwhelming the aftermath of an assault can be, and we know that taking action during this time may feel impossible. Every step you take now strengthens both your recovery and your ability to hold the responsible parties accountable.
Filing a police report as soon as possible creates an official record that connects the assault to your Uber ride, and that documentation becomes foundational evidence in any civil claim you pursue. Uber stores ride history and driver information in the app for a limited time, so preserving that data before it disappears gives our team the material needed to build your case.
Get to Safety and Seek Medical Care
Go to a safe location and seek medical attention before anything else. A hospital emergency room can treat your injuries, document your physical condition, and perform a sexual assault forensic exam that preserves DNA and other physical evidence directly tied to the assault. Those medical records create a timeline that links your injuries to the Uber ride, and that timeline becomes part of the evidence used to establish when and how the assault occurred.
Do not shower, change your clothes, or wash before completing the forensic examination, as doing so may destroy evidence that could be used to prove your case.
Preserve Evidence From the Ride
Save your Uber ride receipt, driver details, and route information from the app as soon as you are able. Screenshot the driver’s name, photo, license plate number, and vehicle description before that data disappears from your account. Text messages, GPS records, and in-app communications between you and the driver can establish the exact timeline of events and confirm who was behind the wheel.
Surveillance footage from pickup and drop-off locations may also support your account of what happened, so our team will move quickly to secure that footage before the property owner overwrites it.
Report the Assault
Report the assault to law enforcement and to Uber through the app’s safety reporting features. A police report triggers a criminal investigation and creates sworn documentation usable as evidence in a civil claim. Nevada does not require a criminal conviction before you can file a civil lawsuit, so the absence of charges does not prevent you from pursuing compensation.
Uber’s in-app reporting system logs your complaint on the company’s internal record, which may lead to the driver’s removal from the platform and can serve as additional proof that the incident was reported in real time.
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How Do You Prove Uber Is Liable for a Driver’s Assault?
Holding Uber liable requires proving the company failed to take reasonable steps to prevent the assault. A successful negligence claim rests on four elements: duty of care, breach, causation, and damages. This means showing that Uber owed you a duty of care as a passenger and that the company failed to meet that standard. It also requires proof that the failure directly caused or contributed to the assault and that you suffered real harm as a result.
Negligent hiring claims focus on whether Uber’s background check process missed prior criminal conduct that should have disqualified the driver from the platform. More than 500,000 prospective drivers failed Uber’s background screening between 2019 and 2020. Yet during that same period, the company’s own safety reports documented thousands of sexual assault complaints it did not act on.
If prior riders reported the same driver for inappropriate behavior and Uber allowed that driver to remain active, those complaints become evidence of negligent retention. Negligent retention means the company kept a known risk on its platform when it had both the information and the ability to act.
Our legal team assembles police reports, ride data, internal Uber records, and witness testimony to demonstrate that the company’s conduct created the conditions for the assault. The strength of that evidence shapes the outcome of your case.
What Compensation Can You Recover in an Uber Sexual Assault Case?
Three categories of damages are available to Uber sexual assault survivors under Nevada law: economic, non-economic, and punitive. Economic damages cover the financial losses tied directly to the assault, including emergency medical treatment, therapy and counseling costs, lost wages from missed work, and any long-term mental health care your recovery will require.
Non-economic damages account for the harm that does not carry a specific dollar amount but affects your life just as deeply. Sexual assault often causes lasting trauma that disrupts relationships, careers, and the daily routines you once relied on, and we understand how isolating that experience can be. Nevada places no cap on non-economic damages in sexual assault cases, so a jury is free to award the full amount it believes your suffering warrants.
Punitive damages may also apply when Uber’s conduct was especially reckless or showed willful disregard for passenger safety. These damages are designed to punish the defendant rather than compensate the survivor, and courts may impose them when the evidence shows Uber ignored repeated warnings or failed to act on known threats. Our attorneys evaluate every available category so that your claim reflects the true cost of what you are going through.
What Is the Uber Passenger Sexual Assault MDL?
Thousands of Uber sexual assault lawsuits have been consolidated into a single federal proceeding known as multidistrict litigation, or MDL. This legal process allows similar cases to move through discovery, motions, and early rulings under one judge rather than being scattered across dozens of federal courts.
MDL No. 3084, overseen by U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in the Northern District of California, includes more than 3,571 pending cases as of June 2026. The first bellwether trial in February 2026 resulted in an $8.5 million jury verdict for a survivor who was assaulted by her Uber driver in Arizona. The second trial in May 2026 also found in favor of the plaintiff.
Bellwether trials are test cases selected to show how juries are likely to respond to the evidence and legal arguments presented by both sides. Their outcomes often influence whether the company moves toward a broader Uber sexual assault settlement.
Individual survivors can also file standalone lawsuits outside the MDL in Nevada state court. Our attorneys will evaluate whether joining the federal MDL or pursuing a separate claim in Nevada gives you the strongest path to recovery based on the specific facts of your case.
How Long Do You Have to File an Uber Sexual Assault Lawsuit in Nevada?
Filing deadlines in an Uber sexual assault case depend on whether you are suing the driver, the company, or both. Getting this distinction right is one of the most consequential early decisions in your case. Different defendants operate under different statutes of limitations, which are the legal deadlines the state sets for bringing a civil lawsuit.
Claims against the driver who committed the sexual assault have no statute of limitations under Senate Bill 129, signed into law in 2023. As long as the assault involved sexual penetration as defined under NRS 200.366, there is no deadline to file. You can bring a civil lawsuit against the individual who harmed you at any point, regardless of how much time has passed.
Negligence claims against Uber as a company follow a stricter timeline. Because these cases are based on corporate failures like inadequate background checks or ignoring prior complaints rather than the assault itself, the standard two-year personal injury deadline under NRS 11.190(4)(e) applies. Missing that window permanently bars you from recovering compensation from Uber, even if your claim against the driver remains open.
Contacting a sexual assault lawyer early gives your legal team the time it needs to investigate, document, and prepare your case before the deadline passes.
How Drummond Law Firm Can Help
Drummond Law Firm provides attorney-led representation for Uber sexual assault survivors across Las Vegas and the greater Nevada area. Craig Drummond, a former U.S. Army Captain and Bronze Star recipient, brings more than 15 years of trial experience to every case his firm handles. His team has recovered tens of millions of dollars for clients across Nevada.
Our Reduced Fee Guarantee® ensures we will never take more than the client receives in a settlement. You will not pay a fee unless we win your case, so call the Captain today at (702) 366-9966 to schedule a free consultation.
