Tesla partly liable in Florida Autopilot trial, jury awards $200M punitive damages

In the Federal Court of Miami, a jury partially blamed for a fatal 2019 crash, which involves the use of the company’s autopilot driver assistance system. Jury pays the plaintiff as “$ 200 million as disciplinary compensation as compensation for pain and suffering,” According to NBC NewsThe

The driver or autopilot system did not break during the intersection, where the car hit an SUV and killed a pedestrian. The jury offered two-thirds of the fault to the driver and one-third of Tesla blamed Tesla. (The driver was sued separately.)

The verdict came after the three -week trial due to the accident, which killed 20 -year -old Nayabal Benavides Leon and seriously injured his boyfriend Dillon Angulo. This is one of the first big legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla.

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