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Uber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freeway

Uber ordered to pay $40m over death of woman ejected by driver on freeway

A retired California judge found Uber “vicariously liable” for the driver's negligence after a 23-year-old woman died in August 2023. The driver had ejected her and a friend from his car on the 73 freeway in Orange County. Emily Normandin-Parker then wandered into traffic and was hit by a car.

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