Tempe faces $10 million claim in Uber self-driving vehicle fatality

A link has been posted to your Facebook feed. The family of the woman killed by an autonomous Uber vehicle last year has filed a $10 million claim against Tempe, stating the city created a dangerous situation by paving a median where people were not supposed to cross the road. Elaine Herzberg, a 49-year-old woman who was homeless, was the first person in the country to be hit and killed by a self-driving car. A Volvo sport-utility vehicle operated by Uber ran into her on March 18 as she crossed Mill Avenue outside of a crosswalk. The claim against Tempe was filed by Skousen, Gulbrandsen & Patience on behalf of Herzberg's daughter, Christine Wood, and Herzberg's husband, Rolf Ziemann.