Tesla could have avoided that $242.5M Autopilot verdict, filings show

A few months before Tesla’s felt in a fierce accident in 2019, Automaker had the opportunity to settle $ 60 million in $ 60 million. Instead, Tesla rejected that offer, the first that according to the new legal filing Reported by ReutersThe

In May, the disposal proposal was revealed in a filing that Tesla had requested to cover legal fees for the plaintiffs in the case.

Earlier this month, a jury at the Federal Court in Miami saw Tesla partially blamed for a fatal 2019 crash, which involves the use of the company’s autopilot driver assistance system. A Tesla Model S, including Autopilot, was killed when one was plowing with a square and a chevrolet taho. The victim of the accident, Nima Benavides Leone and her boyfriend Dillon Angulo, were standing outside the car at that time. Leon was killed in a serious injury.

The driver, who was not the accused in this case, was sued separately for his responsibility. A case filed by Tesla in 2021, which was appointed to the Autopilot, which was employed, but did not break timely to avoid the intersection. The jury offers two-thirds of the fault to the driver and one-third of Tesla blames. As part of the verdict, the jury provides $ 242.5 million verdict as part of his decision.

Tesla, in a statement issued to TechCrunch earlier this month, said that the verdict was planned to apply “Looking at the law and irregularities during the trial”. “

TechCrunch has reached Tesla as well as the attorns of the plaintiffs. The outer PR firm refused to comment on Tesla’s statement on behalf of the previous and led TechCrunch to the company’s press address. Tesla broke the contact team several years ago.

The case, Case 1: 21 -V-21940-BB, was filed in the US District Court in 2021 for the southern district of Florida.