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Elon Musk and Tesla ignored Autopilot’s fatal flaws, judge says evidence shows (arstechnica.com)
submitted 11 months ago by dragontamer to c/realtesla
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I've posted this story before, but this one from Arstechnica.com has far more details into what the Judge has said and done in this case.

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[–] dragontamer 5 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Maybe? But that's not what this case is about. This is a civil case, not a criminal one. If I were to guess, this is "Wrongful death" (ie: negligence)... not manslaughter (ie: recklessness).

Remember that "someone dies" is split up into different laws depending on intent. Murder (intended to kill someone), Homicide / Manslaughter (recklessness: you did something you weren't supposed to do. You knew it might kill someone and you did kill someone), and finally "Wrongful Death" (negligence: you were supposed to do something but you didn't, leading to someone's death).

As a civil-case, this Tesla Autopilot case is set to lesser-damages (there's no jailtime here).