US judge upholds $243 million verdict against Tesla over fatal Autopilot crash

SelfRugger · 2026-02-20T15:11:44+00:00

A U.S. judge upheld a $243 million verdict against Tesla related to a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system, stating that the trial evidence strongly supported the decision and Tesla did not present new arguments for dismissal.

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2026-02-20 15:11:44

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US judge upholds $243 million verdict against Tesla over fatal Autopilot crash

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Fri, February 20, 2026 at 11:36 PM GMT+9

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Feb 20 (Reuters) - A federal judge ‌rejected Tesla’s ‌request to pay $243 million to victims of a 2019 fatal ‌crash ⁠of an Autopilot-equipped Model S.

In ⁠a decision made public on Friday, U.S. District ‌Judge Beth Bloom in Miami said the evidence at trial “more ‌than supported” the verdict, and ‌Tesla raised no new arguments to set the verdict ‌aside.

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York)

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