Torts/Personal Injury
Apr. 22, 2024
Tesla fears trade secrets at risk in Caltrans litigation
Tesla confidentially settled with the family of a man who perished in a 2018 car accident while using the auto pilot feature on his Tesla vehicle but have weighed back in on the case with a request to restrict to restrict information released during related proceedings against Caltrans.
The family of an Apple engineer who perished in a 2018 car accident while using the autopilot feature on his Tesla vehicle told a Santa Clara judge Monday that Tesla Inc. "is not entitled to any semblance of secrecy" in an upcoming wrongful death trial.
Monday's opposition brief, filed by the plaintiffs' legal team from Minami Tamaki LLP and Walkup, Melodia, Kelly & Schoenberger, responded to Tesla parachuting back into the case on April 15 with a request tha...