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Tesla faces federal jury trial over fatal 2019 Autopilot crash in Florida
A federal jury trial began Monday to determine Tesla’s responsibility in a 2019 crash that killed a 22-year-old pedestrian and seriously injured her boyfriend.
Experts lay into Tesla safety in federal autopilot trial
This week, a federal court in Miami started hearing a wrongful death case involving Tesla's crash-prone Autopilot driver assistance system. It's not the first time that Tesla Autopilot has been implicated in fatal traffic crashes, but it is the first time that a federal court has heard such a case.
Tesla Settled Over Autopilot Crash With Truck Crossing Highway
Tesla Inc. settled a high-profile lawsuit over a driver’s death in 2019 when the Autopilot system in his Model 3 allegedly failed to avoid a collision with a tractor-trailer crossing a Florida highway.
Tesla heads to Miami court for wrongful death trial involving Autopilot system
Tesla faces questions over the alleged involvement of its Autopilot system in a 2019 crash that killed Florida college student Naibel Benavides Leon
Tesla has avoided trials with money. This case made it to court.
Tesla has settled at least four lawsuits over alleged defects out of court. Now it faces graphic testimony in a Miami courtroom, where CEO Elon Musk’s persona looms large.
Tesla Spars in Court Over Autopilot Alert 2 Seconds Before Crash
The final two seconds before a Tesla Model S crashed into a parked SUV took center stage Thursday in a court showdown over who’s responsible for the 2019 collision — the distracted driver or his car’s Autopilot system.
Tesla is headed to trial over another deadly Autopilot crash
A Florida federal jury will soon weigh whether Tesla and it's Autopilot system is to blame for a 2019 crash that killed a 22-year-old woman.
Tesla goes to trial over Autopilot crash that killed stargazing student
A jury will decide whether Tesla is partly to blame for the death of a university student, after a runaway car sent her flying while she was stargazing. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.
Tesla Goes to Trial Over Fatal Autopilot Crash in Florida
Tesla Inc. is on trial over claims that the company is partly to blame for a fatal 2019 crash in Florida that occurred when the Autopilot system in a Model S allegedly failed to detect a parked SUV.Family members of the woman killed in the crash,
In Court for Fatal Crash, Tesla Admits It Wasn't Even Tracking Autopilot Crashes for the First Three Years of the Program
With so many massive and well-publicized security fails, nothing should surprise us about Tesla's internal culture — but new revelations from the country's first federal Autopilot crash trial did, in fact,
Tesla failed to stop Autopilot misuse, safety expert testifies
The trial, which began Monday and is expected to take three weeks, comes as the company is staking its future on its robotaxi and autonomous driving.
Family of woman slain in 2019 Florida Keys crash blames Tesla autopilot for her death
The family of a young woman killed in the Florida Keys in 2019 when a Tesla ran a stop sign and plowed into a parked SUV she ...
Tesla in court as rare trial against Musk's company starts in Florida
A rare trial against Elon Musk's car company began Monday in Miami, where a jury will decide if it is partly to blame for the ...
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Who is liable for accidents when a car is self-driving?
Personal injury attorney Craig Squillace of Clifford Law Offices joins Karen Conti to discuss the ongoing Tesla trial in Florida for a deadly crash involving one of its self-driving cars. Craig ...
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Playbook Tuesday: Tesla on Trial, Trump runs the table
On this Playbook Tuesday, POLITICO Florida reporter and Florida Playbook author Kimberly Leonard joins FOX 35's Garrett Wymer ...