A lawyer for the family said in court that Musk told the father of the teenager who died that he made a mistake in removing the speed limit from the car.
The attorney told the jury that James Riley asked him how a device that was supposed to prevent the car from going faster than 85 miles per hour was supposed to be used.
According to the lawyer's account of the phone call, Musk said that the speed limit shouldn't have been removed without his consent.
Musk said when he was on the witness stand that we shouldn't have taken the limiter off. The CEO told Riley that there would be a review.
Musk's sensitive side emerged in emails with the crash victim's dad.
In his opening argument at a trial that is scheduled to run through next week in federal court in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Miner said the company failed to communicate with the parents.
The accident wouldn't have happened ifTesla had told Jim and Jenny Riley what they did.
It is the first case of its kind for the world's most valuable car company. The electric car-maker faces a flurry of lawsuits over accidents blamed on its autopilot feature that have also drawn increased scrutiny from safety regulators.
There was a different narrative presented to the jury.
A speed limit is not a safety device. If they crash at 85 mph instead of 116 mph, is it okay?
According to the company, Riley went to the facility where the Model S was being serviced to trick the staff into removing the speed limit.
The Rileys' children aren't in a position to be policed byTesla.
Musk and Riley were talking on the phone. Musk doesn't testify in the case.
The lawyer said that if Musk told Riley that something happened, he would have told the board.
He was known among friends and family for being reckless and dangerous. The lawyer said that the boy's mother told his friends to stop him from speeding.
The Rileys should have known that they had a problem with driving.
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