Overview

• New filings disclose a May 30 settlement proposal that Tesla declined ahead of this month’s federal jury decision.
• A Miami jury awarded about $243 million over a 2019 crash that killed Naibel Benavides Leon and severely injured Dillon Angulo.
• Jurors granted $129 million in compensatory damages and $200 million in punitive damages.
• Tesla was assigned 33% of compensatory liability and all punitive damages, while the driver was found responsible for the remaining compensatory share but was not a defendant.
• Tesla denies wrongdoing and says it will appeal, as plaintiffs’ lawyers call the case the first third‑party wrongful‑death trial tied to Autopilot.