Tesla (TSLA) has to face a trial over claims related to a 2019 fatal car crash in Florida involving its autopilot system, a US district judge ruled Thursday.
The crash happened when the system failed to detect a stationary vehicle in the car's path, according to the US District Court for the Southern District of Florida filing.
The court said Tesla's autopilot warnings, though clear in the manual, might be considered "inadequate" if they were not easy to access.
The judge allowed the claims of strict product liability and failure to warn to proceed, according to the filing.
However, Tesla was cleared of claims involving defective manufacturing and negligent misrepresentation, as per the ruling.
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