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(Miami, FL) -- The safety of Tesla's autopilot system is the focus of a trial that began today in Miami with jury selection.
Attorney David Weinstein says the landmark trial is one of the first Tesla autopilot cases to reach a jury in the country.
It's related to a crash in 2019, when a man in Key Largo was driving on autopilot in Tesla when he T-boned a vehicle after flying through an intersection.
A woman was killed, and a man was severely injured in the crash, resulting in the woman's family and the boyfriend filing a joint federal lawsuit against Tesla last year.
They allege the company's Autopilot system malfunctioned because it didn't warn the driver the road was about to end when he was trying find his phone that fell in the car.
Plaintiff attorneys blame Tesla’s marketing for a false sense of security when autopilot is engaged. Tesla denies responsibility for the crash, and said the terms and conditions state the driver is the one in control once the feature has been activated.
There is also a federal probe into the autopilot recall from two years ago.
Attorney Weinstein also says a resolution in the civil wrongful death case may be reached before the evidence is even presented to the jury.