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Reuters reports:
Tesla failed to persuade a federal judge to end a lawsuit over the death of a woman struck after an Autopilot-equipped Model S ran off the road in Key Largo, Florida, paving the way for a possible trial next month.
U.S. District Judge Beth Bloom in Miami said the estate of Naibel Benavides Leon, and her former boyfriend Dillon Angulo, may pursue design defect and failure to warn claims against billionaire Elon Musk’s automaker, and seek punitive damages.
A July 14 trial is scheduled. Tesla, based in Austin, Texas, has long faced questions about the safety of its self-driving technology. It has said its features are meant for “fully attentive” drivers holding the steering wheel, and the features do not make its vehicles autonomous.
Read the full article. Tesla is facing similar lawsuits in several other states.
Tesla Inc. must go to trial on claims that the company has some liability for a 2019 fatal crash in Florida that occurred while its autopilot system was engaged but failed to detect a parked SUV in the vehicle’s path. https://t.co/Ci1WSVdIcD
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