Uber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freeway
Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe Uber headquarters in San Francisco. The driver pulled over on the 73 freeway after Normandin-Parker vomited in the car, attorneys said. While Moore and the driver argued over a cleaning fee, Normandin-Parker got out of the car, wandered into oncoming traffic and was struck by a car.Normandin-Parker’s parents accused the driver and Uber of negligence.
- ▪Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe Uber headquarters in San Francisco.
- ▪The driver pulled over on the 73 freeway after Normandin-Parker vomited in the car, attorneys said.
- ▪While Moore and the driver argued over a cleaning fee, Normandin-Parker got out of the car, wandered into oncoming traffic and was struck by a car.Normandin-Parker’s parents accused the driver and Uber of negligence.
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The Uber headquarters in San Francisco. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesView image in fullscreenThe Uber headquarters in San Francisco. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty ImagesUberUber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freewayCalifornia judge finds company ‘vicariously liable’ for driver’s negligence in death of Emily Normandin-ParkerJohana BhuiyanFri 18 Sep 2026 19.34 EDTLast modified on Fri 18 Sep 2026 19.37 EDTSharePrefer the Guardian on GoogleUber 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…
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