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 freeway, according to ...
Source: [Guardian World](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/18/uber-40m-death-woman-killed-driver-freeway)