Drunk man accidentally takes $1600 Uber ride from West Virginia to New Jersey

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What i’m curious about is can the financial exchange be seen as legal? The passenger was in an impaired state, one could argue that Uber took advantage of his drunkenness and the passenger shouldn’t be on the hook for it if it was a mistake.

I did a little bit of digging and the answer is: Maybe.

Ambiguous answer is not helpful :stuck_out_tongue: I’m not sure how to research this.

Edit:

Found this

https://www.quora.com/Can-a-debit-card-transaction-be-disputed-on-the-ground-that-I-was-drunk-while-making-purchase-and-further-forced-by-the-merchant

Again the answer seems to be “maybe” and how much effort one wants to put into fighting it.

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