Inc filed an appeal with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals to hold up proceedings along with the trial. The lawsuit is being tried before the honorable Edward Chen and drivers claim they should be treated as employees and Uber should pay for expenses such as gas and car maintenance.
The trial is now scheduled to commence on 6/20/16 and if the settlement is favorable to the drivers Uber will most likely have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in settlement fines alone not to mention taking a massive blow to their business structure.