Overview

• Jury selection began on July 14 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.
• This is the first federal jury trial over a Tesla Autopilot-related fatal crash.
• Plaintiffs contend Autopilot detected the parked SUV and pedestrian but did not engage brakes or issue a warning before the collision.
• Tesla maintains the driver overrode Autopilot by pressing the accelerator and is solely responsible for the April 2019 Key Largo crash.
• Judge Beth Bloom has allowed the jury to consider punitive damages, raising the stakes for Tesla’s self‐driving program and financial exposure.