Tesla ordered to pay millions in damages after jury finds automaker partly responsible for fatal 2019 crash

A Miami jury Friday found Tesla partly liable for a 2019 fatal crash involving its Autopilot system, ordering the automaker to pay more than $242 million in damages to the victims. The family of Naibel Benavides Leon and her former boyfriend, Dillon Angulo, were awarded $329 million in total damages — $129 million in compensatory damages and $200 million in punitive damages, Reuters reported, citing the verdict sheet.Jurors in Miami federal court said the automaker must pay 33% of the compensatory damages, or $42.6 million, and the full punitive damages, $200 million, for a total of $242.6 mil