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      Tesla Settles Last-Minute Over Fatal 2018 Model S Crash That Killed Florida Teen

      Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) has settled a wrongful death lawsuit in Florida stemming from a 2018 high-speed crash that killed a teenage passenger riding in one of the company's sedans, resolving the automaker’s role in a case that had been headed to trial this week.

      Tesla Exits Case Before Trial

      According to a Reuters report, a trial had been scheduled to begin Monday in state court in Fort Lauderdale against the estate of the teenage driver and Tesla was removed as a defendant in a court order entered Sunday. Lawyers for the plaintiff said in a filing last week that the claim against Tesla had settled.

      The case centered on a 2014 Tesla Model S crash that killed both the passenger and the 18-year-old driver. Court records cited by Reuters say the driver was traveling about 116 mph on a curve with a 25 mph speed limit when he lost control and slammed into two concrete walls.

      Speed Limiter Claim Sits At Center

      The driver's parents, whose estate had continued to fight the lawsuit, said a ...

      Full story available on Benzinga.com


      Source: Benzinga
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