A California jury has determined that Tesla was not responsible for a deadly crash in 2019 that allegedly involved its Autopilot system, marking the first trial in the US where it was claimed that the software directly caused a death. According to Reuters, the lawsuit accused Tesla of knowingly selling cars with a faulty Autopilot system, which resulted in a crash that killed a Model 3 owner and caused severe injuries to two passengers.
The lawsuit stated that Micah Lee, a 37-year-old, was driving his Tesla Model 3 on a highway near Los Angeles at a speed of 65 miles per hour when the vehicle suddenly veered off the road, collided with a palm tree, and caught fire. Lee tragically lost his life in the accident. The estate of Lee and the two surviving victims, one of whom was an 8-year-old boy who suffered disembowelment, filed a lawsuit against the company, seeking $400 million in damages along with punitive measures, as reported earlier by Reuters.
The plaintiffs’ lawyers argued that Tesla had sold Lee a defective and “experimental” software when he purchased the Model 3…
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