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Uber ordered to pay $40M to parents of woman fatally struck after being left on freeway
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Key Points:
- Emily Normandin-Parker, a 23-year-old UCLA graduate, was struck and killed after her Uber driver, Vu Tran, left her and her intoxicated friend at an unsafe gore point along a Southern California freeway, according to an arbitration award.
- Retired Judge Richard A. Stone found Tran's decision to stop at the gore point "unsafe and illegal," criticized his behavior as prioritizing his car over passenger safety, and ruled Uber vicariously liable for Tran's negligence, awarding $40 million to Emily’s parents.
- Evidence presented showed Uber had prior complaints about Tran's dangerous driving, and the arbitrator rejected Uber's claims that it was merely a technology company or protected by California's Proposition 22 from liability.
- Uber expressed condolences but disputed legal responsibility, stating it has improved safety measures, while the Normandin-Parker family criticized Uber's attempts to keep the arbitration award confidential and silence them.
- The family has established the Emily Normandin-Parker Foundation to promote ride-hailing safety and corporate accountability, funded by the arbitration award.
