Tesla settles lawsuit over autopilot crash that killed Apple engineer in Mountain View

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Tesla settles lawsuit over autopilot crash that killed Apple engineer in Mountain View
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Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of an Apple engineer who died in a 2018 crash after his Model X vehicle was operating in autopilot mode and smashed into a concrete barrier in Mountain View.

According to Reuters, the settlement was reached just before the trial was expected to start over the death of 38-year-old Walter Huang. The outlet said the terms of the settlement were not revealed.The family Walter Huang filed a negligence and wrongful death lawsuit in 2019 seeking to hold Tesla — and, by extension, its CEO Elon Musk — liable for repeatedly exaggerating the capabilities of Tesla ’s self-driving car technology.

Evidence indicated that Huang was playing a video game on his iPhone when he crashed into a highway barrier.The family's attorney previously said that Tesla was not the only one to blame for Huang's death.The Huang family has also filed suit against the State of California for the status of the roadway the day of Huang's deadly crash. Photos from the area where Huang crashed, taken by CalTrans maintenance workers in March of 2018, show that a crushed impact attenuator.

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