2 articles from The Guardian World, Fortune.
A California arbitrator ordered Uber to pay $40 million to the parents of Emily Normandin-Parker, a 23-year-old woman who was fatally struck after an Uber driver ejected her from the vehicle on a freeway. The arbitrator found Uber vicariously liable for the driver's negligence, rejecting the company's argument that it operates as a tech platform rather than an employer responsible for driver conduct.
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California judge finds company ‘vicariously liable’ for driver’s negligence in death of Emily Normandin-Parker Uber 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…
The parents of a 23-year-old woman who was fatally struck after her Uber driver pulled over along a southern California highway were awarded $40 million.
