Court Rules Elon Musk Not Required to Testify in Tesla Fatal Crash Lawsuit

The lawsuit follows a 2018 incident where two teenagers were killed in a Tesla Model S after speed limiting software was removed.

An appeals court has ruled that Tesla CEO Elon Musk will not have to testify in a wrongful death lawsuit after two teenagers were killed in a Tesla Model S going 116 miles per hour in 2018.
The Tesla vehicle had speed limiting software which was removed by a Tesla technician after a complaint.
The lawsuit was filed by the family of one of the teenagers, after Musk allegedly made comments about the car’s speed limiting software in a call to one victim’s father.
Musk provided a sworn statement that he did not remember making the comments.
A federal jury in Florida awarded $10.5 million in damages to the parents of one of the teenagers in 2022, but determined that Tesla was only 1% at fault for the crash.