I’m Kevin Grasha. I cover Hamilton County and federal courts for The Enquirer.

A Lyft ride for a patient from Cincinnati’s Christ Hospital to Wilmington is at the center of a lawsuit filed this month.

According to the lawsuit, there was a dispute over an extra $20 the Lyft driver requested for the extra-long trip. A hospital social worker initially agreed to pay it, but then her supervisor refused, the lawsuit says, and accused the driver of extortion and abduction.

The supervisor ended up calling 911. Police pulled over the vehicle near Wilmington and detained the Lyft driver, who ultimately was able to show police that he had, in fact, been hired to drive the patient.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of the driver, alleges defamation, fraud and intentional infliction of emotional distress by hospital employees.

Click or tap here to read more about this extremely unusual dispute.

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