Uber must pay $40 million after driver left UCLA grad on freeway, where she was killed

Uber has been ordered to pay $40 million to the family of a UCLA graduate who was killed when her driver abandoned her on a freeway. 
Judge Richard A. Stone ruled that driver Vu Tran “needlessly placed” Emily Normandin-Parker and her friend in danger when he left the pair on State Route 73 in California, according to Panish, Shea, Ravipudi, the law firm representing the family, on Thursday.
“Emily did everything Uber tells riders to do—she made the responsible choic