Whether he was using said app at the time or not, the lack of hands-free capability on the app is serious. The case does make some good points about that. Furt

Whether he was using said app at the time or not, the lack of hands-free capability on the app is serious. The case does make some good points about that. Further, I don't think the "he wasn't actively driving someone in the car so he wasn't an Uber driver at that time" is gonna fly. I think it would be more accurate to go by his use of the app; if he was using it and driving around looking for a fare, he's an active driver. If he's not using it, he's not. It's really sad that this little girl died, and anything Uber's app may have done to in any way contribute to her death should be fixed. I don't know if they're liable and I don't think them paying out a big sum will work, but they should have some impetus to improve their app from this. I'm sure they will be thinking about that anyway.