Founding Partner Brett Schreiber was recently featured on a podcast where he recounts his landmark trial verdict against Tesla and how it sets a precedent moving forward. This verdict marks the first time Tesla has ever been held accountable in a federal court.
Before the trial and verdict, Mr. Schreiber reviewed the moments he was brought on board for this trial and the first steps he took. One of the significant findings of Mr. Schreiber's team was the Tesla Autopilot computer system, which records incident data and driving history. Tesla mentioned that it would help produce and secure the computer's data once found. However, Tesla fell short and never helped secure or obtain the evidence from the Autopilot computer.
Tesla found itself at odds with the descriptive words it used to describe their self-driving mode when presenting evidence in court. Brett Schreiber capitalized on Tesla's presumptuous claim that its Autopilot system was the best and safest system to hit the road.
Mr. Schreiber chronicles the events that led to a verdict against Tesla, including meeting a Russian hacker, creating clones of computer data, and heading to Starbucks to superimpose data from one computer onto another. Mr. Schreiber, based on all the data they obtained from the Autopilot computer, concluded that Tesla lied about the information they had regarding the Autopilot incident. Tesla had the information for 4&1/2 years and decided to lie and say they knew nothing about it.
