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.
Let the Truth be known. If you read VB and like VB, please be a VB Supporter and Help us deliver the Truth to one and all.
Woman, lover among four arrested for husband’s murder in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar
Jaipur (PTI): A 23-year-old woman allegedly orchestrated the murder of her husband, just three months after their marriage, in collusion with her long-time boyfriend and two accomplices in Rajasthan's Sri Ganganagar, police said on Thursday.
The accused wife, Anjali (23), her lover Sanjay (25), and his friends Rohit (20) and Siddharth (20) were arrested on Tuesday, Sri Ganganagar SP Amrita Duhan said.
The incident occurred on the night of January 30 in the district when Ashish Kumar (27), a resident of 1 KLM village under the Rawla police station area, went for a walk with his wife after dinner.
He was allegedly attacked with sticks on a deserted stretch of road near the village, and later strangled with a muffler when he did not succumb immediately, the SP said.
What initially appeared to be a case of robbery and murder was later found to be a pre-planned murder conspired by the woman, Duhan said.
Anjali had been in a relationship with Sanjay for the past 6-7 years and was unhappy with her arranged marriage to Ashish on October 30 last year, the police said, adding that her family was aware of the affair.
Both Anjali and Sanjay were graduates and had studied at the same college in Sri Ganganagar, where their relationship developed. After marriage, Anjali allegedly wanted to pursue an MA in Sri Ganganagar to continue meeting Sanjay, but her husband opposed it, leading to resentment, the police said.
She conveyed this to Sanjay. Investigations revealed that 16 days before the murder, Anjali visited her parental home in Sadulshahar, where she and Sanjay allegedly finalised the plan to eliminate Ashish.
Ashish had joined as a private school teacher just three days before his death.
"On the fateful night, after dinner, Anjali took Ashish for a walk. She alerted Sanjay, who arrived with his accomplices and hid in nearby bushes. When she signalled, the trio assaulted Ashish with sticks, rendering him unconscious, and then strangled him," Circle Officer Prashant Kaushik said.
"To present the crime as robbery, Anjali handed over Ashish's mobile phone and her earrings to the accused," the police said, adding that she pretended to be unconscious near the spot.
"On receiving information around 9 pm about the incident, the police rushed them to Rawla CHC, where doctors declared Ashish dead," he said.
Suspicion arose during questioning and detailed investigation, including analysis of call details and the post-mortem report, exposed the conspiracy, the police said.
