A Florida woman who said she was repeatedly raped by a Lyft driver almost five years ago and then endured a problematic pregnancy is suing the ride-share company for compensatory and punitive damages. 

Tabatha Means filed the federal lawsuit against San Francisco-based Lyft on Jan. 9 in the Northern District of California, alleging that the company is liable for injuries its driver inflicted on the plaintiff. Means subsequently endured a problematic pregnancy in 2019 that resulted in a premature son being born.

“As a direct and proximate result of the intentional, negligent, reckless, grossly negligent conduct of Lyft, (the) plaintiff was repeatedly raped by the Lyft driver, which humiliated, degraded, violated and robbed her of her dignity and personal safety,” the complaint states.