By Nate Raymond
BOSTON (Reuters) – Massachusetts’ top court on Tuesday barred a ballot measure from moving forward that would ask voters whether drivers for app-based companies like Uber Technologies Inc and Lyft Inc should be treated as independent contractors and not employees.
The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court ruled that ballot questions that a coalition of app-based service providers hoped to put before voters in November went too far by including an unrelated proposal that would limit their liability for accidents by their drivers.
(Reporting by Nate Raymond in Boston)
