An Uber car drives down Market Street in San Francisco. (Image: Jason Doiy/The Recorder)

In a suit brought by two women who allege they were sexually assaulted by Uber Technologies Inc. drivers, the San Francisco-based company’s lawyers are raising a familiar defense. In court papers filed late Thursday, Uber claims that it shouldn’t be held liable for the drivers’ actions because “they were not employees of Uber,” echoing previous defenses the company has put forward in other suits.

The familiar refrain comes as part of Uber’s early attempt to get U.S. District Judge Susan Illston of the Northern District of California to toss a suit filed in October on behalf of two Jane Doe plaintiffs. Plaintiffs lawyers at Wigdor LLP and Anderson & Poole maintain that the company should be held liable for the conduct of Uber drivers in Boston and Charleston, South Carolina.

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