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Torts/Personal Injury,
Civil Litigation

May 25, 2023

Autonomous vehicles: the new frontier in products liability automotive litigation

If Hsu v. Tesla is any guide, with accurate and precise instructions and effective testimony from the defendants' engineers, car manufacturers have tools at their disposal to successfully defend against the new frontier of automotive litigation.

Jonathan S. Tam

Partner in the Products Liability and Mass Torts Group - San Francisco
Dechert LLP

Email: Jonathan.Tam@dechert.com

Jonathan is an experienced litigator and trusted advisor who has represented major manufacturers of pharmaceutical medications, medical devices, and consumer electronics in the most complex multi-jurisdictional mass torts and class actions in state and federal courts.

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Allie Ozurovich

Associate
Dechert LLP

Products Liability and Mass Torts

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Last month, in Hsu v. Tesla, a plaintiff asked a Los Angeles jury to hold Tesla liable for injuries that she sustained as a result of alleged defects in her Model S's autopilot feature. After hearing from numerous witnesses, including three design engineers from Tesla, the jury returned a verdict in favor of Tesla, finding that the autopilot feature did not fail to perform as safely as an ordinary consumer would expect when used as intended. The jury also dete...

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