Torts Affecting Business

Read the following article and consider the following case below. Then, answer the 2 questions.

"French man sues Uber for 45m claiming glitch allowed wife to track his affair"

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/french-man-sues-uber-glitch-wife-track-affair-45-million-infidelity-taxi-app-a7571171.html

A French businessman sued Uber for $48 million, claiming that a flaw in the ride-sharing company's app played a role in the dissolution of his marriage. The businessman said he borrowed his wife's cell phone and used it to log on to the Uber app. He claimed a glitch in the app caused it to continue to send notifications of his whereabouts to his wife's phone even after he logged off, and some of his movements caused a problem with his wife, ending in divorce.

1.Which kind of torts is performed in this case?

2.In your opinion, is there any chance for the plaintiff to win the case? Which defense(s) can Uber use to win the case?