Technology,
Litigation & Arbitration
Oct. 5, 2023
Doctor details spine damage in Tesla Autopilot crash trial
The case involves a fatal 2019 Tesla crash which killed the driver and severely injured his girlfriend and her son.
RIVERSIDE — The two plaintiffs in the nation’s first Autopilot wrongful death trial suffered multiple broken bones, severe spinal damage and internal injuries when a Tesla Model 3 veered off a freeway and crashed into a tree, a doctor testified Wednesday.
Parker Austin, 8, who was in the back seat of the car, suffered disembowelment, a ruptured diaphragm, broken ribs, and ripped spinal ligaments, Oakland orthopedic surgeon Dr. Thomas Peatm...
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