Overview

• A Miami federal jury found Tesla partially liable in a 2019 Key Largo crash that killed Naibel Benavides Leon and seriously injured Dillon Angulo, awarding about $243 million.
• Jurors viewed a reconstructed “collision snapshot” from the car’s Autopilot computer that plaintiffs said Tesla had long claimed was missing.
• The data shown at trial indicated the system detected a vehicle about 170 feet away and a pedestrian about 116 feet out as it plotted a path through the couple’s parked truck.
• The hacker known as @greentheonly advised against powering on recovered control units, made an offline forensic copy, and located the file within minutes, saying it had been uploaded to Tesla’s servers after the crash.
• Tesla’s attorney called the company’s handling of the data “clumsy,” argued the file supports driver fault, and has asked the judge to throw out the verdict or order a new trial.