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Tesla rejected $60M settlement before losing $243M in deadly Autopilot crash case

Billionaire Elon Musk’s electric vehicle company Tesla rejected a 60millionsettlementproposalinalawsuitover the 2019fatalcrashofanAutopilotequippedModelSbeforeajurythismonthawardeda60 million settlement proposal in a lawsuit over the 2019 fatal crash of an Autopilot-equipped Model S before a jury this month awarded a 243 million verdict in the case.Lawyers for the plaintiffs disclosed the settlement proposal in a filing on Monday in the federal court in Miami, as part of a request for legal fees from Tesla.They said Florida law entitles them to the legal fees the plaintiffs accrued since May 30, when the settlement wa ...