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.
A retired California judge ordered Uber to pay $40 million to the parents of Emily Normandin-Parker, a 23-year-old killed in August 2023 after an Uber driver abandoned her on a freeway. The judge ruled that Uber operates as a common carrier with non-delegable duty to protect passengers, rejecting Uber's claim that it merely provides a technology platform, and found the company had ignored prior safety complaints about the driver.
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.
Uber was ordered to pay $40 million following the 2023 death of Emily Normandin-Parker, a 23-year-old woman who was struck by a vehicle after her intoxicated condition led her driver to illegally eject her from a car on a California freeway. Judge Richard Stone rejected Uber's claim that it was merely a technology platform and therefore not liable for the driver's negligence, finding the driver had recklessly endangered his passengers.