Emily Normandin-Parker, 23, was killed on a California freeway after Uber driver Vu Tran left her at an unsafe gore point following a cleaning fee dispute. An arbitrator ordered Uber and Tran to pay her parents $40 million total in July 2026, finding Tran knew the passengers were intoxicated and could have used a nearby safe exit.
Uber was ordered to pay $40 million to the parents of Emily Normandin-Parker, a 23-year-old woman killed after being ejected from an Uber on a California freeway in August 2023. An arbitrator ruled that Uber should be treated as a common carrier and held vicariously liable for the driver's negligence, rejecting the company's argument that it is merely a technology platform with independent contractors.
An arbitrator ruled that Uber must pay $40 million to the parents of Emily Normandin-Parker, a 23-year-old woman killed on a California freeway in 2023 after an Uber driver left her stranded. The ruling rejected Uber's claim that Proposition 22, which classifies drivers as independent contractors, shields the company from liability for driver negligence.