A Florida jury has found Tesla partially liable in a fatal crash involving its Autopilot system , ordering the Elon Musk-owned company to pay $329 million in damages. The verdict marks a major legal blow for Tesla and a significant moment in the broader debate over the safety of autonomous driving technology.

This is the first case in which Tesla has been held responsible for a wrongful death as a result of its Autopilot technology, according to a Reuters expert . That said, Tesla’s driver-assist software has been linked to hundreds of crashes, enough to warrant its own Wikipedia page .

The lawsuit stemmed from a 2019 incident in which a Tesla Model S driver, reportedly not paying attention while Autopilot was engaged, blew through a stop sign and red light before slamming into a p

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