April 22, 2025
Tesla Inc. has reached a settlement resolving a woman's wrongful death suit claiming her husband was killed after his Tesla Model Y suddenly accelerated and crashed into a gas station pump support column, according to a notice filed Monday in California federal court.
November 06, 2024
A widow suing Tesla Inc. for the wrongful death of her late husband can't pursue sanctions against the automaker for allegedly wasting her time in mediation, a California federal judge ruled Wednesday.
November 04, 2024
Tesla Inc. has pushed back against a widow's sanctions bid over allegations a company in-house attorney appeared at a mediation in her wrongful death case despite lacking settlement authority, saying her attorneys improperly disclosed the contents of confidential mediation communications.
October 28, 2024
Tesla and an in-house attorney are facing a sanctions bid in California federal court for reportedly appearing at a mediation in a wrongful death case despite lacking settlement authority, causing "delay and unnecessary expense" to the widow of a man who died when his Tesla allegedly ran off the road, crashed and ignited.