Tesla has settled a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of an Apple engineer who died in a crash while using Autopilot mode. The details of the settlement were not disclosed.
Tesla settled a wrongful-death lawsuit brought by the family of an Apple engineer who died when his Tesla crashed while in Autopilot mode, according to court records viewed by Business Insider.
The family of Walter Huang, a 38-year-old engineer at Apple, sued Tesla in 2019, alleging the Tesla Model X SUV he was driving when he died was"defective in its design." The lawsuit claimed the March 23, 2018, crash was caused by Tesla's autopilot software. Representatives for Tesla and the Huang family did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Business Insider.
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