03:16 PM EDT, 08/01/2025 (MT Newswires) -- Tesla (TSLA) has been ordered by a jury to pay over $200 million in punitive damages in a ruling concerning a fatal 2019 accident linked to its Autopilot driver-assistance technology, the Associated Press and other outlets reported Friday.

The automaker was found partly liable for the car crash that occurred in Key Largo, Florida, which killed a pedestrian and left another person severely injured when a Tesla vehicle ran through a stop sign and an intersection in Autopilot-mode before crashing into a parked vehicle, the reports said.

Tesla's lawyers said the company plans to appeal the verdict, according to reports.

The company didn't immediately respond to a request for comment from MT Newswires.

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