In a major blow to Tesla's autonomous driving program, a Florida jury last week found the company partially (33%) liable for a fatal 2019 crash involving its Autopilot feature and ordered

A jury in Florida has found Tesla partly liable for a deadly 2019 crash involving its Autopilot system, ordering the electric car company to pay $243 million in punitive and compensatory damages. The jury’s decision was rendered on Friday, Aug. 1, The New York Times, the Associated Press and CBS News reported, following a trial that began in July.

A Miami jury decided that Elon Musk’s car company Tesla was partly responsible for a deadly crash in Florida involving its Autopilot driver assist technology and must pay the victims more than $240 million in damages.