Tesla ordered the payment of compensation after being found partially responsible for a killer crash

A Miami jury On Friday, Tesla found that Tesla is partly responsible for a fatal collision incident 2019, which includes its automated pilot system, which orders the auto manufacturer to pay more than 242 million dollars as compensation to the victims.

The Naibel Benavides Leon and its former friend, Dillon Angulo, received $ 329 million of total damage – $ 129 million of compensatory damage and $ 200 million in Punitive damageReuters mentioned, citing the ruling paper.

The jurors at the Federal Miami Court said The auto industry must pay 33 % of compensatory damage, 42.6 million dollars, and full punitive damage, $ 200 million, a total of 242.6 million dollars, according to Reuters.

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Tesla Business told her numbers that reflect that any punitive damage will be directed at a maximum of three times the compensatory prize. This means that the maximum car obligations may be 170 million dollars – 42.5 million dollars of compensatory damage and 127.5 million dollars of punitive damage.

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The driver, George McGoy, was found responsible for 67 % of the accident, but since he was accused, he will not be asked to pay his share of the damage, Reuters said.

The prosecutor’s lawyer said that the verdict “represents justice for the tragic death of Nibel and the Delon’s life injuries,” according to Reuters.

“Tesla designed the automated pilot only for the highly controlled roads, but I deliberately chose not to restrict drivers from using it elsewhere, along with that Elon Musk “Telling the world with anatomy of Autopilot is better than humans,” Shrebar said in a statement.

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The automotive company, which plans to appeal the jury’s decision, said that the ruling was wrong and that the driver was completely wrong because of the speed, as their attention was dispersed and the automated pilot was cleared.

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“We are planning to appeal, given the major errors in law and violations in the trial,” Tesla told Fox Business in an email. “To be clear, there is no car in 2019, and there was nothing today, this incident would have been prevented. This was never about the automated pilot; it was a imagination that was prepared by the lawyers of the plaintiffs who blame the car when the driver confessed – from the first day – the acceptable responsibility.

Florida Law It is clear that the punitive damage has been canceled in cases of the responsibility of the product such cases, so we are confident that the prize for punitive damage is at least and is likely to be fluctuated by the Court of Appeal. “

In April 2019, George Mcji was driving his 2019 Tesla car by encouraging the Chilot in about 62 miles per hour, when Chevrolet Tahoe hit the parked. Reuters reported that the victims were standing next to the SUV, and Benavids Lyon was killed while Annulo was seriously injured.

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The automotive company, which recently launched its Robotaxi, was the subject of similar cases related to its self -driving vehicles, but was settled or rejected before reaching the trial, according to Reuters.

Brett Shrebar did not immediately respond to the Fox Business request for comment.