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Uber ordered to pay $40 million after stranded passenger killed on highway
Summary by The Los Angeles Editorial Desk Levi Sumagaysay | CalMatters , as published by LAist (KPCC / Southern California Public Radio)
· September 18, 2026
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An Uber logo on a car Uber must pay $40 million to the parents of a woman who was struck and killed after an Uber driver left her on an Orange County freeway in 2023, an arbitrator has ruled. The arbitrator rejected Uber’s arguments that California’s Proposition 22 — a voter-approved law written...
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Key points The arbitrator rejected Uber’s arguments that California’s Proposition 22 — a voter-approved law written... An Uber logo on a car Uber must pay $40 million to the parents of a woman who was struck and killed after an Uber driver left her on an Orange County freeway in 2023, an arbitrator has ruled. More government Today’s briefing Local events
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What is this story about? An Uber logo on a car Uber must pay $40 million to the parents of a woman who was struck and killed after an Uber driver left her on an Orange County freeway in 2023, an arbitrator has ruled. The arbitrator rejected Uber’s arguments that California’s Proposition 22 — a voter-approved law written...
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