A California court ordered Uber to pay $40 million to the parents of Emily Normandin-Parker, a 23-year-old killed on a freeway after the driver ejected her from the car on September 12, 2023. The judge found Uber vicariously liable for the driver's negligence.
On 18 September 2026, Uber was ordered to pay $40 million to the family of a woman who was killed on an Orange County freeway after a rideshare driver forced her and a friend out of the car while she was intoxicated. She was struck and killed minutes later.