Jury: Tesla just 1% to blame for teen driver’s fiery crash

Published July 20, 2022 8:10 AM

By FREIDA FRISARO
Associated Press

MIAMI (AP) — A jury in Florida has found Tesla just 1% negligent for disabling a speed limiter on an electric car involved in a fiery crash that killed two teens. Tuesday’s verdict places 90% of the blame on the 18-year-old driver. Barret Riley and his friend were killed just as they were set to graduate from high school. Jurors also found the teen’s father 9% responsible for enabling what Tesla called a history of speeding and reckless driving. The verdict awards $6 million in damages to the boy’s mother and $4.5 million to his father.

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