Tesla pays $42 million in compensation for employee injury in car accident involving motorcyclist | Wilnesh News

An Indiana jury has found electric car maker Tesla and one of its employees partially responsible for a 2017 collision between a company-owned Ford truck and a motorcycle that left the motorcyclist partially injured. Amputations, permanent disfigurement and brain trauma.

Tesla and employee Kyle Kaszuba must pay more than $42 million in damages to victim Christopher Dugan, a Marion County jury said in its verdict Wednesday.

The jury found Dugan 30 percent responsible for the accident, and the award was reduced from $60 million to $42 million.Dugan’s attorney It is said has been seeking $191 million in damages.

Duggan said in his original complaint that Kasuba was driving a 2014 Ford owned by Tesla when the accident occurred, either with Tesla’s permission or while he was acting as a Tesla employee. What happens while working as an identity.

As Dugan left an Indianapolis gas station and was in the “right lane,” Kasuba, who was driving a Tesla-owned Ford Super Duty, “accidentally” drove his vehicle across two lanes while trying to turn into a nearby traffic lane. PARKING LOT. gas station, the complaint said.

Kasuba allegedly rammed the truck into Dugan’s motorcycle, knocking Dugan off the motorcycle and causing Dugan to suffer serious injuries, according to the complaint. direct and proximate result of Suba’s negligence”.

Tesla’s attorney, Quinn Emanuel, argued that Kasuba’s actions were not negligent and that Dugan was following a vehicle closely, making it difficult for Tesla employees to see him. court viewing network. Duggan’s attorney, Nick Rowley, argued that Kasuba was anxious to get to work, CVN reported.

The gas station near the crash site is off the off-ramp to I-465, the loop around Indianapolis.

Tesla did not immediately respond to CNBC’s request for comment.

—CNBC’s Lora Kolodny contributed to this report.