Tesla sued over fatal Texas crash the driver says happened on Autopilot

The family of a 76-year-old woman killed when a Tesla Model 3 crashed into their Katy, Texas home has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against Tesla and the driver, alleging defective driver-assistance design. The driver claims Autopilot was engaged at the time; Tesla counters that vehicle data shows the driver manually pressed the accelerator to 100% reaching 73mph. The case draws on the legal precedent set by a 2025 Florida verdict that held Tesla partly liable for $243m despite driver fault. NHTSA has opened a special crash investigation and will independently pull the event data recorder. The outcome hinges on whether driver misuse and corporate design liability can coexist, a question the Florida case answered affirmatively.

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