Torts/Personal Injury,
Consumer Protection Law
Oct. 29, 2025
Tesla's autopilot isn't driving into the future, it's crashing through the courts
A $329 million verdict against Tesla for an autopilot-related death opens the floodgates to more lawsuits, exposing the company's overhyped self-driving claims and inferior safety systems compared to competitors like Waymo.
Vineet Dubey
Cofounder
Custodio & Dubey LLP
445 South Figueroa Street Suite 2520
Los Angeles , CA 90071
Phone: (213) 593-9095
Email: dubey@cd-lawyers.com
UCLA SOL; Los Angeles CA
A $329 million verdict should ordinarily be enough to change corporate behavior. But when the defendant in the lawsuit is Tesla, all bets may be off. That award was handed down nearly three months ago in the case of Benavides v. Tesla (case number 1:21-cv-21940, U.S. Dist.Ct. Southern District of Florida, Aug. 1, 2025), by a Miami jury that found Te...
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