""The $243 million judgment against Tesla flies in the face of basic Florida tort law, the Due Process Clause, and common sense," Tesla lawyers wrote in a motion filed in a Miami federal court on Friday. The attorneys argued that if the verdict is allowed to stand, "it will chill innovation, harm road safety, and invite future juries to punish manufacturers who bring new safety features to market with sweeping and unpredictable tort liability.""
"The car company maintained in the court papers that the "reckless" driver of the Tesla 2019 Model S - and not its Autopilot software - was entirely responsible for the Key Largo crash that left a 22-year-old woman dead and her boyfriend seriously injured. "Auto manufacturers do not insure the world against harms caused by reckless drivers," Tesla's attorney wrote in the 98-page motion, adding, "For as long as there have been cars, there have been reckless, self-absorbed drivers like" George McGee."
Tesla filed a motion asking a federal court to overturn a more than $242 million verdict after a Florida jury found the company 33% liable for a 2019 Key Largo crash that killed a 22-year-old woman and seriously injured her boyfriend. Plaintiffs blamed Tesla's Autopilot software and a jury awarded the family and boyfriend a combined $329 million — $129 million compensatory and $200 million punitive. Tesla contends the driver was reckless and solely responsible, argues the judgment violates Florida tort law and due process, and warns that affirming the verdict will chill innovation and create unpredictable liability for safety features.
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