Tesla was found partly liable in a wrongful death case involving the electric vehicle company’s Autopilot system, with a jury awarding the plaintiffs $200 million in punitive damages.
The case, which took place in a Miami courtroom over the last several weeks, centered on whether defects in Tesla’s self-driving technology ultimately contributed to the death of 22-year-old Naibel Benavides Leon in 2019.
Leon was killed when a man driving a Model S Tesla equipped with Tesla’s Autopilot technology plowed through a T-intersection and struck her and her boyfriend Dillon Angulo.
Angulo survived but was gravely injured.
The plaintiffs in the case originally asked for $345 million in damages during closing arguments on Thursday.
—This is a developing story and will be updated.
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