S006-EEUU CONDENA TESLA ACCIDENTE CONDUCCION AUTONOMA
STORY: A Florida jury on Friday (August 1) found Tesla liable in the fatal 2019 crash of an Autopilot-equipped Model S, and ordered Elon Musk's automaker to pay $329 million to the family of a deceased woman and an injured survivor.
The payout includes $129 million of compensatory damages and $200 million of punitive damages.
Tesla was sued by the estate of Naibel Benavides Leon, and by her former boyfriend Dillon Angulo.
The lawsuit concerned an April 25, 2019 incident where George McGee drove his 2019 Model S at about 62 miles an hour through an intersection into the victims' parked Chevrolet Tahoe, which they were standing beside on a shoulder.
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SHOWS: FREMONT, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - MAY 8, 2020) (REUTERS - Access all)
1. VARIOUS OF TESLA FACTORY
HOUSTON, TEXAS, UNITED STATES (FILE - JULY 15, 2022) (REUTERS - Access all)
2. PERSON UNPLUGGING EV CHARGER AT STATION
SHANGHAI, CHINA (FILE - JANUARY 7, 2020) (REUTERS - Access all)
3. VARIOUS OF TESLA VEHICLES
4. VARIOUS OF TESLA'S GIGA FACTORY
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (FILE - JANUARY 12, 2018) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL)
5. VARIOUS OF TESLA MODEL 3
6. WOMAN INSIDE TESLA MODEL 3
7. VARIOUS OF TESLA MODEL 3
WASHINGTON, D.C., UNITED STATES (FILE - JANUARY 27, 2023) (REUTERS - Access all)
8. TESLA CEO ELON MUSK AND BODYGUARDS LEAVING TESLA'S LOCAL OFFICE
9. MUSK GETTING INTO VEHICLE