SAN JOSE, Calif. (CN) — A group of taxi companies asked a federal judge Tuesday to transfer a class action from California to New York, after a New Yorker claimed the cab services were involved in a price-fixing conspiracy within Uber’s ride-hailing app.
The defendants — Curb Mobility, Flywheel Technologies, Creative Mobile Technologies and its subsidiary ARRO — argued the class action should be moved to New York federal court. The plaintiff, Brendan Kretschmer, lives in Brooklyn, used the Uber app in New York and any supposed harm occurred there, said defendants’ attorney John Papianou.
“This case is going to be litigated,” said Papianou. “It needs to be transferred to the most appropriate forum.”…