Lyft sued
Driver said I'm too big for his car !!!
Claimed I would flatten his tires
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At least one Lyft driver has received a limit for how much his vehicle will raise … According to a woman from Detroit, who claims that a driver has rejected her a trip due to her weight, and now the company is taking her to court.
Dajua Blacking Says she called Lyft last week to take her to the house of her cousin to watch the Lions Playoff game. When the driver appeared in his Mercedes-Benz sedan, the journey was derailed.
Dajua – who raps in Detroit under the name Thanks to this – Says the driver blocked his doors and contested their entry. She claims that the driver told her that she was “too big to fit the back seat” … and then it got worse.
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She claims that he had added that his “tires were unable to” support “Dajua's weight, and he said he had had this” problem in the past “. His solution? She says he told her that she should order a Lyft XL the next time, and then drove off.
Dajua sues Lyft and the driver for violating the civil rights laws in Michigan, which is discriminated against on the basis of the weight. She says she has stress, humiliation, embarrassment, outrage, fear and shameful.
A Lyft spokesman says to TMZ … “Lyft clearly condemns all forms of discrimination – we believe in a community in which everyone is treated with the same respect and mutual friendliness. Community guidelines And Conditions of use expressly prohibit harassment or discrimination. “