Tesla settles lawsuit over fatal pedestrian crash involving Full Self-Driving
Key takeaways
- The lawsuit dates back to a deadly incident in Arizona in 2023.
- Sjoerd Van Der Wal/Getty Images Tesla has settled another lawsuit that involves a death related to one of its driver assistance systems.
- Story's family filed the lawsuit against Tesla in 2023, following the incident where the grandmother stepped out of her car to direct traffic around a separate collision that was caused by sun glare.
The lawsuit dates back to a deadly incident in Arizona in 2023.
Sjoerd Van Der Wal/Getty Images Tesla has settled another lawsuit that involves a death related to one of its driver assistance systems. As first reported by Bloomberg, the lawsuit, which revolves around the death of 71-year-old Johna Story in Arizona, has been resolved but terms of the settlement weren't disclosed.
Story's family filed the lawsuit against Tesla in 2023, following the incident where the grandmother stepped out of her car to direct traffic around a separate collision that was caused by sun glare. Story was then hit and killed by a Model Y that was using Full Self-Driving. Notably, this case was the first reported incident of a pedestrian fatality related to Tesla's automated driving technology. Besides the lawsuit, the crash led to a federal investigation from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, which examined how Full Self-Driving operates in poor visibility conditions.