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A California arbitrator ruled Uber liable for the actions of its driver who ordered Emily Normandin-Parker and a friend out of the car on a freeway gore point, leading to Normandin-Parker’s death; Uber must pay $40 million to her parents ($20 million each) after a five-day arbitration, with Uber contesting the ruling and the judge saying Uber had a duty to protect riders while rejecting Proposition 22 as a shield.
A California appeals court has ruled that ride-sharing apps, including Uber and Lyft, can continue to classify their drivers as independent contractors, overturning a lower-court decision that barred them from doing so. The ruling upholds Proposition 22, which was approved by California voters in Nov. 2020, and exempts ride-share companies from following certain minimum wage, overtime, or workers compensation laws for hundreds of thousands of Californian rideshare drivers. Shares of Uber, Lyft, and Doordash rose more than 4% after hours on the news.