OAN’s Abril Elfi
12:57 PM – Wednesday, November 22, 2023
A Florida judge has claimed that Elon Musk and his company Tesla was aware that their self-driving tech was defective in some cases.
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Circuit Court Judge Reid Scott approved a lawsuit against Tesla, accusing the company of willful misconduct and egregious negligence in relation to a deadly collision that occurred which involved the Autopilot Driver Assistance System.
The Florida lawsuit stemmed from a 2019 collision that happened north of Miami, wherein the Tesla’s owner, Stephen Banner, was killed when his Model 3 Tesla crashed beneath the trailer of an 18-wheeler big rig truck that had turned onto the road.
Banner’s roof was sheared off.
Judge Scott claims to have discovered…