Family Sues Tesla Over Fatal 2018 Autopilot Crash

Walter Huang was killed in 2018 when his Tesla Model X crashed into a concrete barrier while using Autopilot. His family is now suing Tesla for wrongful death.

The NTSB investigation found that Tesla's marketing of Autopilot was misleading, the system's design was inadequate, and Huang was playing a game on his phone at the time of the crash.

The lawsuit alleges Tesla sold a defective product, failed to issue recalls, and that a safe automatic emergency braking system could have prevented the crash.

Tesla claims the sole cause of the crash was Huang's "highly extraordinary misuse" of Autopilot to play a video game while driving.

In recent similar cases, California juries have exonerated Tesla's Autopilot system for crashes in 2019. The outcome of this latest trial is uncertain.