Tesla in a trial accused of killing people, in the verdict, the jury did not think that Tesla’s software had defects.
In 2019, Micah Lee’s Tesla Model 3 suddenly veered off the road on a Los Angeles freeway. The vehicle struck a palm tree and caught fire.
The crash killed Lee and seriously injured two passengers, one of whom was an 8-year-old boy. The lawsuit claims that Tesla knew about the defects in Autopilot and other active safety features when it sold the Model 3 to Lee.
Tesla denies any fault and says Lee had been drinking before driving the vehicle. Tesla also said it could not confirm whether Autopilot was enabled at the time of the accident.
The jury ultimately found that Tesla was not responsible for the accident because they did not find the Autopilot system defective.
Opening statements in the case took place on September 28, and just one month later, the jury returned a verdict finding Tesla Autopilot not responsible for the accident.
This is the second lawsuit filed against Tesla Autopilot this year. In April 2023, a jury decided that Justine Hsu was liable for an accident in which a Tesla car crashed into a curb, causing her to fracture her jaw, suffer facial nerve damage, and lose a couple of teeth. Hsu claimed that Autopilot abruptly swerved the car into the curb and claimed $3 million. A California court ultimately found Tesla not liable.
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