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March 11, 2024

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Next Autopilot trial to test Tesla’s blame-the-driver defense

A Tesla Model X burns after crashing, March 23, 2018. S. Engleman/Handout via REUTERS

Six weeks before the first fatal U.S. accident involving Tesla‘s Autopilot in 2016, the automaker’s president Jon McNeill tried it out in a Model X and emailed feedback to automated-driving chief Sterling Anderson, cc’ing Elon Musk.

“I got so comfortable under Autopilot, that I ended up blowing by exits because I was immersed in emails or calls (I know, I know, not a recommended use),” McNeill wrote.

Now that email, which has not been previously reported, is being used in a new line of legal attack against Tesla.

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Where did all the small claims court cases go?

In a little-noticed trend, small claims court caseloads in recent years have dropped, in some instances dramatically. Jenna Greene in her latest column digs into why the “people’s court” may be falling out of favor, even as concerns over access to justice for low-income Americans continue to mount. For a first-hand look at what the forum does well – and where it falls short – Greene checked out a dozen small claims trials last week. Her takeaway: Sometimes there’s no substitute for a lawyer.

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