Tesla rejected a $60 million settlement in the wrongful death case that ended up costing the company $243 million in punitive and compensatory damages, Reuters reported today, citing newly filed legal documents.
The proposal stemmed from a lawsuit filed by the families of the victims in a 2019 crash in which a Tesla Model S driver using Autopilot crashed into a parked vehicle, killing a woman and seriously injuring her boyfriend. The lawyers representing the families revealed the settlement offer as part of a request to the court to force Tesla to pay the families’ legal fees.
Tesla rejected the settlement offer from the plaintiffs’ lawy …
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Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/tesla/765907/tesla-rejected-60-settlement-in-autopilot-case-that-ultimately-cost-it-4-times-that-amount
Original Source: https://www.theverge.com/tesla/765907/tesla-rejected-60-settlement-in-autopilot-case-that-ultimately-cost-it-4-times-that-amount
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