Tesla rejected $60 million settlement before $243 million verdict in fatal autopilot crash case
Miami: Tesla turned down a $60 million settlement offer in a lawsuit over a deadly 2019 crash involving a Model S equipped with Autopilot, but a jury awarded $243 million in damages earlier this month.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs revealed the settlement proposal in a filing on Monday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida as part of a motion seeking legal fees from the company. According to a report by The Hindu, they argued that Florida law entitles them to fees accrued since May 30, when Tesla turned down the offer.
The case was registered on an April 2019 after an accident in which a Tesla Model S using Autopilot collided with a parked Chevrolet Tahoe on a highway shoulder. The crash killed Naibel Benavides Leon and severely injured her boyfriend, Dillon Angulo.
Jurors found Tesla liable for $42.6 million of the compensation amount and punitive damages and they awarded $129 million in compensatory damages and $200 million in punitive penalties. The Tesla driver was judged 67% liable but was not identified as a defendant.
Tesla vowed to appeal and rejected the accusations and stated that the decision undercuts efforts to develop autonomous driving technologies.
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Rupee settles 1 paisa higher to close at 94.15 against US dollar
Mumbai (PTI): The rupee settled with gains of just one paisa to close at 94.15 against the US dollar on Monday, as rising global uncertainty, escalating tensions in West Asia and soaring crude oil prices weighed on investor sentiments.
Forex traders said the INR/USD pair pared its initial losses, but the overall bias remains negative as FII sell-off and elevated crude oil prices restricted the gains for the local unit.
At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 94.25 against the US dollar, and touched an intraday high of 94.11 and a low of 94.28 against the greenback during the day.
At the end of Monday's trading session, the rupee was quoted at 94.15, registering a gain of just 1 paisa over its previous close.
On Friday, the rupee extended its losing streak for the fifth day in a row, depreciating 15 paise to close at 94.16 against the US dollar.
"The rupee snapped a five-session losing streak, rebounding in tandem with a rally across regional currencies. However, the mood remains apprehensive as the market braces for a potential RBI intervention around 94.30 and higher crude oil prices," said Dilip Parmar – Senior Research Analyst, HDFC Securities.
On the charts, the USDINR pair has reclaimed its upward momentum, carving out a classic bullish structure of higher highs and lows on the daily time frame, he said, adding that for the coming sessions, 93.80 serves as a support, with 94.40 acting as the primary hurdle.
Meanwhile, the dollar index, which gauges the greenback's strength against a basket of six currencies, was down 0.21 per cent at 98.32.
Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading higher by 2.36 per cent at USD 107.82 per barrel in futures trade.
On the domestic equity market front, Sensex jumped 639.42 points to settle at 77,303.63, while the Nifty surged 194.75 points to 24,092.70.
Foreign Institutional Investors offloaded equities worth Rs 1,151.48 crore on Monday, according to exchange data.
Meanwhile, India's forex reserves jumped by USD 2.362 billion to USD 703.308 billion during the week ended April 17, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said on Friday.
In the previous reporting week, the forex kitty had increased by USD 3.825 billion to USD 700.946 billion.
