Litigation & Arbitration
Oct. 25, 2023
Jury asked to award $400M in Tesla Autopilot crash trial
Jonathan A. Michaels asked jurors for the award during his closing argument after reminding them of the severity of the physical and emotional injuries the two crash survivors suffered, while claiming Tesla sold an “experimental product.”
RIVERSIDE — A plaintiffs’ attorney urged a Riverside County jury on Tuesday to award $400 million in the nation’s first wrongful death case that claims a manufacturing defect in Autopilot caused the deadly crash of a Tesla.
But Michael R. Carey, an attorney at Dykema Gossett PLLC who represents Tesla Inc., told jurors not to be swayed by emotion over the serious injuries of two surviving plaintiffs, and said the car was not at fault. “The ...
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