Tesla settles lawsuit over deadly Mannequin X crash

Again in 2019, the household of Apple engineer Wei Lun Huang (aka Walter Huang) sued Tesla a yr after he was killed when his Mannequin X crashed whereas Autopilot was engaged. The automaker has settled the lawsuit — on the very day jury choice was alleged to happen. Tesla’s legal professionals requested the courtroom to seal the settlement settlement so the payout quantity wouldn’t be made public.

Tesla confirmed shortly after the accident that Autopilot was on on the time of the crash, but it surely additionally insisted Huang had time to react and had an unobstructed view of the divider. In a press release to the press, the corporate insisted the motive force was at fault, and the one means for the accident to have occurred was if Huang “was not being attentive to the street.”

The Nationwide Transportation Security Board (NTSB) investigation discovered Huang operating a cell sport however couldn’t affirm if he was holding the telephone throughout affect.

— Mat Smith

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