Emil Michael, the former senior vice president of business at Uber, has filed a motion to get the lawsuit filed by the Delhi woman who was raped by an Uber driver back in December 2014, dismissed, reports Recode. Michael had quit Uber soon after the medical records mishandling case came to light. The case will be heard on December 1, 2017 in the United States District Court, Northern District of California. Defendant (Emil) Michael seeks an order dismissing plaintiff’s complaint for failure to state a claim because plaintiff has not met the burden of pleading sufficient facts on the three causes of action alleged against him, for: intrusion into private affairs, public disclosure of private facts, and defamation per se. In regards to the three specific charges mentioned above, Michael's dismissal filing has this to say: (1) Intrusion into private affairs Michael says that the lawsuit doesn't allege that he had anything to do with obtaining the medical records. It only mentions Uber's former APAC head Erik Alexander. "This does not state a claim against Mr. Michael, who had nothing to do with obtaining any records." (2) Public disclosure of private facts The lawsuit also doesn't allege that Michael had "ever disclosed anything publicly about the plaintiff. The sole “public” disclosure was by anonymous “sources” to a technology news site, years later." The lawsuit, however, does allege that Michael had "shown records relevant to legal action against his employer, and that he joined internal discussions with other employees about this evidence."…
