Uber has been ordered to pay $40 million in the 2023 death of a Southern California woman who was struck and killed by a vehicle after her rideshare driver kicked her out on the side of a freeway.Retired Judge Richard Stone, an arbitrator, rejected Uber's argument that it "merely operates a technology platform" and that it was shielded from "vicarious liability for the negligence of its drivers," according to Panish Shea Ravipudi, the law firm representing the family of 23-year-old Emily Normandin-Parker."Emily did everything Uber tells riders to do. She made the responsible choice not to driv...