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Uber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freeway

The Guardian Business · 19 September 2026 at 00:34

Uber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freeway

California judge finds company ‘vicariously liable’ for driver’s negligence in death of Emily Normandin-Parker Uber was ordered to pay $40m to the parents of a 23-year-old woman who was killed after a driver kicked her and a friend out of his car by the side of a California freeway, according to newly public arbitration documents.

An arbitrator, retired Calfornia judge Richard A Stone, found that the ride-share company was “vicariously liable” for the driver’s negligence.

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Uber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freeway

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