$243M Tesla Autopilot Verdict Sparks Wave of New Lawsuits
A Florida jury’s verdict has upended Tesla’s long-standing defense that Autopilot users alone are responsible for crashes. In the Benavides case, jurors assigned 33% of the blame to Tesla for a 2019 fatal wreck and awarded $243 million to the victim’s family and a survivor. Tesla is expected to appeal, but the ruling cracks open years of litigation over the company’s Level 2 driver-assist systems.