A law firm hired by the family of an Arizona woman who died after being struck by a self-driving Uber Technologies Inc. vehicle said Thursday the issue “has been resolved.”
The Uber vehicle, which was in self-driving mode but had a human operator behind the wheel, hit 49-year-old Elaine Herzberg while she was walking her bike outside of a crosswalk March 18, Tempe police said. She ultimately died from her injuries.
Terms of the settlement weren’t available.
“The daughter and the husband of the late Ms. Herzberg have no further comments on this matter as it has been resolved,” Cristina Perez Hesano, an attorney for Glendale, Ariz.-based Bellah Perez PLLC, said in an email to The Wall Street Journal.
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Uber declined to comment.
In the wake of the fatal accident, Uber has suspended its autonomous car program in the four cities where it was testing it. The company also decided not to renew its permit to test those kinds of vehicles in California.
Additionally, an Uber executive who worked on technology for autonomous vehicles, Lior Ron, is leaving the company.
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About a year ago, shortly after a self-driving Uber vehicle was involved in a crash in Tempe, law firm Bellah Perez wrote on its website the concept of negligence will have to evolve as autonomous vehicles become more prevalent on roadways.
“As personal injury attorneys, we at Bellah Perez want to ensure any victims of negligence out on the road receive justice for their suffering,” the post said.
In the March 2017 accident, Tempe police said the accident wasn’t the Uber vehicle’s fault and that there were also no major injuries.
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—Cara Lombardo contributed to this article
Write to Allison Prang at allison.prang@wsj.com