Tesla may skirt liability through its use of Beta systems for drivers using Full-Self Driving and Autopilot features and arbitration clauses found in purchase agreements. (Credit: Diego M. Radzinschi/ALM)
Walter Huang, a 38-year-old father of two, was killed in a Tesla accident shortly after dropping his son off at preschool on March 23, 2018. Huang was relying on the Autopilot feature of his Model X at the time of his death. It's believed he was playing a game on his iPhone when the semiautonomous vehicle veered out of its lane on a busy San Francisco bay area highway, accelerated, and smashed into a concrete highway barrier going over 70 miles per hour. The negligence and wrongful death lawsuit filed by Huang's family was settled earlier this month (April 2024) for an undisclosed amount, just one day before the trial was set to start.
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