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- Aug 1, 202590% CONFIDENCEfrom the source
Miami Jury Holds Tesla Partly Liable for a Fatal Autopilot Crash
- A jury in the Southern District of Florida found on Friday 1 August 2025 that Tesla shares the blame for a fatal 2019 crash involving a Model S driven on Enhanced Autopilot[1]
- The jury assessed $129 million in compensatory damages, putting Tesla at 33% fault and the driver at 67%, plus $200 million in punitive damages against Tesla alone[1][2]
- Tesla's share came to about $42.5 million of the compensatory award, so with the punitive damages the plaintiffs' lawyers put its bill at about $242.5 million[1]
- On 25 April 2019 in Key Largo, driver George McGee dropped his phone and his Model S went through an intersection at about 62 mph, hitting a parked SUV; Naibel Benavides Leon, 22, was killed and her boyfriend Dillon Angulo badly injured[1][3]
- By Insurance Journal's account the awards were $19.5 million to Benavides' estate and $23.1 million to Angulo in compensatory damages; it was the first federal jury verdict over a fatal Autopilot crash[3]
- Tesla called the verdict 'wrong', said the driver was solely at fault and that it would appeal; the trial had opened on 14 July[1]
- Tesla shares fell 1.8% that day[1]
- On 29 August Tesla asked the court to throw out the verdict or cut compensatory damages to at most $69 million[4]
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- [1]90%cnbc.com/2025/08/01/tesla-must-pay-329-million-in-damages-in-fatal-autopilot-case.htmlcnbc.com· Posted Sep 28, 2026· Starts Aug 1, 2025 ✓· 41% of score
CNBC[4], 1 August 2025: 'A jury in Miami has determined that Tesla should be held partly liable for a fatal 2019 Autopilot crash'; the court's minute entry records 'Jury Trial completed on 8/1/2025 ... Jury verdict reached'.
- [2]95%Tesla, Inc. Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2026sec.gov· Published Jul 23, 2026· 32% of score
Tesla's own filing: 'On August 1, 2025, a jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida reached a verdict ... awarded $129 million in total compensatory damages, finding the driver 67% at fault and the Company 33% at fault. The jury also awarded $200 million in punitive damages.'[1]
- [3]85%Judge Upholds $243M Verdict Against Tesla Over Fatal Autopilot Crashinsurancejournal.com· Published Feb 23, 2026· 18% of score
Recounts the crash (25 April 2019, Key Largo, about 62 mph while the driver reached for a dropped phone) and the awards: $19.5 million to Benavides' estate, $23.1 million to Angulo and $200 million in punitive damages; calls it the first federal jury verdict over a fatal Autopilot crash.[1]
- [4]80%Tesla asks for $243 million verdict to be tossed in fatal Autopilot crash suitcnbc.com· Published Aug 29, 2025· 9% of score
Says the Miami federal jury 'earlier this month' ordered Tesla to pay a $242.5 million portion of $329 million in damages, and reports Tesla's post-trial bid to cut compensatory damages to at most $69 million.[1]
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