June 23 (Reuters) - Tesla was sued on Monday by

the estates of three people killed last September when their

2024 Model S equipped with Autopilot and "full self-driving

capability" features crashed on New Jersey's Garden State

Parkway.

David Dryerman, his wife, Michele, and their daughter Brooke

allegedly died because the Model S's "defective and unreasonably

dangerous design" caused the vehicle to stray from its lane of

travel and fail to apply emergency braking, resulting in a

collision with a concrete bridge support.

The lawsuit seeks compensatory and punitive damages. It was

filed in federal court in Camden, New Jersey.