The jury ruled that the crash victim and his father were at fault.
A jury in Fort Lauderdale ruled in favor of the defendants in the case. The jury found that the driver and his father were to blame for the accident and that the driver's parents were to blame for the pain and suffering they had suffered.
The verdict was not commented on by the company.
The case centered on an accident in which an 18-year-old driver lost control of his car and crashed into a wall, killing himself and his passenger. It is the first trial of its kind for the company.
The families of both the driver and passenger filed lawsuits against the electric car maker. The driver of the car that was involved in the accident was allowed to remove a speed limit that had been installed on the car. The passenger's family has filed a second lawsuit in Florida.
The Riley's claim that the car's battery had a defect which cause it to explode was dismissed before the trial started.
Musk was in contact with Riley's family after the accident, but he didn't testify. In a series of emails the billionaire opened up about his own son's death and told the victim's father that there was nothing worse than losing a child.
The family's attorney argued that the company was negligent. James Riley testified that Musk told him in a phone call after the accident that it was a mistake to remove the speed limit from the vehicle. The publication said that the phone call did not happen.
The carmaker will face more lawsuits. There are a lot of lawsuits over accidents that have been linked to the car's autopilot feature. The first trial of its driver assistance features will be held in September.
There have been 37 investigations opened by the NHTSA into accidents linked to driver assistance programs. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Monday that it had opened an investigation into a crash that killed a motorcyclist.
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