Uber ordered to pay $40M to parents of woman fatally struck after being left on freeway
The arbitrator found Uber and the driver jointly liable after the woman was left on an unsafe freeway shoulder and killed, awarding $20 million to each parent.
- On Thursday, parents of 23-year-old Emily Normandin-Parker were awarded $40 million in arbitration against Uber and driver Tran after she was struck and killed on a Southern California freeway.
- Arbitrator Judge Richard A. Stone found that Tran left an intoxicated Normandin-Parker and friend Luna Moore at an "unsafe and illegal" gore point on State Route 73 in Orange County following a dispute over a cleaning fee.
- Stone rejected Uber's argument that it is "merely a technology company," finding the firm vicariously liable for Tran's negligence; other riders previously described the driver's service as "the least safe" they had experienced.
- Parker said Uber sought an agreement including a $10 million penalty for disparagement; the parents established the Emily Normandin-Parker Foundation to fund ride-hailing safety advocacy using arbitration proceeds.
- An Uber spokesperson stated the company respects the arbitration process but believes the arbitrator was wrong in holding Uber legally responsible, though the firm has strengthened safety guidance regarding drop-offs in unsafe locations.
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Uber ordered to pay $40 million after stranded passenger killed on highway
In summary Arbitrator finds company liable for driver’s negligence, rejecting Uber’s arguments that it’s not responsible for a contractor’s actions. Uber must pay $40 million to the parents of a woman who was struck and killed after an Uber driver left her on an Orange County freeway in 2023, an arbitrator has ruled. The arbitrator rejected Uber’s arguments that California’s Proposition 22 — a voter-approved law written by Uber and other gig com…
UBER must pay 34.8 million euros in damages to the family of a 23-year-old woman who was thrown onto the highway by her driver, where she died. The court found Uber liable despite their defense.
In 2023, UCLA graduate was kicked out of her cab and was hit to death by another car. Three years later, Uber ordered to pay $40m to family
US News: Rideshare giant Uber and one of its drivers have been ordered by an arbitrator to pay $40 million in damages to the parents of a 23-year-old woman, Em.
Who was Emily Normandin-Parker? Uber to pay $40 million to family of UCLA grad killed after driver left her on freeway
A California court ordered Uber to pay $40 million to Emily Normandin-Parker’s family after she was ejected from an Uber and fatally struck by a car.
Uber was sentenced to pay $40 million to the parents of a 23-year-old girl who died hit by a highway. The accident occurred after the driver of the transport platform by application pulled the car and ordered her and a friend to leave the vehicle. Exclusive material for subscribers. To have full access, access the link of the material and register.
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