Uber Ordered to Pay $40 Million After Driver Left Passenger on California Freeway
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 18
Uber Ordered to Pay $40 Million After Driver Left Passenger on California Freeway
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 18
Summary
$40 million was awarded to the parents of 23-year-old Emily Normandin-Parker after an arbitrator found Uber liable in her 2023 death on California State Route 73.
The arbitration record said driver Vu Tran stopped at an unsafe, illegal gore point after Normandin-Parker's friend vomited, then argued over a cleaning fee while the intoxicated passenger got out.
Normandin-Parker later wandered into traffic and was fatally struck by a vehicle traveling about 70 miles per hour, according to the document released by her parents' lawyers.
The March arbitration, decided by retired Los Angeles judge Richard A. Stone and disclosed Thursday, adds to broader legal scrutiny over how far Uber is responsible for drivers' actions.