Case opens door to other costly lawsuits after jury held that the car company bore significant responsibility in the crash

Jury deliberations have begun in a Tesla trial concerning a fatal Autopilot crash from 2019.

The jury verdict is one of the first major legal decisions about driver assistance technology that has gone against Tesla. Both Elon Musk and Tesla have spent years making claims…

Tesla must pay the plaintiffs $200 million in punitive damages, the jury said.