Uber, the rideshare giant, is alleging that a Philadelphia personal injury law firm conspired with medical providers to fabricate evidence supporting dozens of car crash-related court cases, with the goal of getting million-dollar payouts.
The company, in a legal complaint filed Thursday in federal court, accused Simon & Simon PC – and its owner, attorney Marc I. Simon – of orchestrating a scheme “designed to fraudulently transform otherwise low-value claims into million-dollar-plus lawsuits against Uber.”
Simon & Simon, the suit claims, directs clients involved in vehicular collisions to go to the emergency rooms days or weeks after an accident, even if they initially required no treatment…