Tesla Inc. was told by a jury to pay $329 million in damages over a 2019 Autopilot crash in Florida that killed a young woman and seriously injured her boyfriend.
Brett Schreiber, lead plaintiff attorney from Singleton Schreiber, represented the victims.
A spokesperson for the victims said a jury in Miami federal court found that Tesla was 33% to blame for the collision. A Tesla Model S ran a stop sign at a T intersection in the Florida Keys and rammed into the couple’s parked Chevrolet Tahoe while they were standing next to it.
Tesla had argued the driver was entirely at fault because he was distracted when he dropped his mobile phone on the floorboard.