July 17, 2026
U.S. Supreme Court rulings determining that freight brokers can face state-based negligence lawsuits and that last-mile drivers can also be exempt from arbitration are among the biggest court decisions of the first half of 2026 affecting the transportation industry. Here, Law360 highlights a few of the biggest transportation-related rulings of 2026 so far.
July 13, 2026
Business groups led by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the Eleventh Circuit to vacate a $243 million verdict against Tesla accusing the carmaker's Autopilot system of causing a fatal crash, saying the verdict could stifle the development of innovative products.
February 20, 2026
A Florida federal judge refused Friday to undo a $243 million verdict against Tesla, finding evidence presented at trial "more than supports" a jury's determination that the carmaker's Autopilot system contributed to a fatal 2019 crash.
January 06, 2026
A headline-grabbing $329 million wrongful death verdict against Tesla and a landmark $2.5 billion deal between DuPont and New Jersey over PFAS "forever chemicals" are among Law360's top personal injury and medical malpractice cases from 2025.
December 18, 2025
The Fourth Circuit's decision to unravel an early landmark ruling in litigation over the opioid crisis in a suit brought by West Virginia counties against drug distributors tops Law360's list of product liability cases of the past year, as well as a loss for Tesla in a newsworthy trial over the automaker's Autopilot feature. Here's what other cases garnered attorneys' attention in 2025.
August 29, 2025
Tesla told a Florida federal judge Friday that a recent $329 million verdict finding its autopilot contributed to a fatal 2019 crash "flies in the face of basic Florida tort law, the due process clause, and common sense," and urged the court to set it aside.
August 05, 2025
The $329 million verdict handed down by jurors in Miami on Friday over a fatal Florida Keys crash is the first to find Tesla's autopilot defective and will likely embolden other plaintiffs with similar claims to take them to trial, personal injury attorneys told Law360.
August 01, 2025
A Miami jury in a highly publicized trial over Tesla's autopilot on Friday found the product to be defective and awarded $329 million in damages to the loved ones of a woman killed in a 2019 Florida Keys crash.
July 31, 2025
The plaintiffs in a suit seeking to hold Tesla accountable for a fatal crash in the Florida Keys asked jurors Thursday to award $345 million in damages for putting out an allegedly defective autopilot product into the market.
July 29, 2025
No improved autopilot technology would have changed the reckless behavior of the Tesla driver who caused a fatal crash in the Florida Keys, an expert psychologist told federal jurors Tuesday in the trial over whether the car's autopilot software contributed to the crash.