Tesla Suit Over Crash Blamed on Autopilot Must Proceed in Japan

Tesla Inc. won dismissal of a suit over a fatal accident in Japan after the Northern District of California found Japan is a suitable and more appropriate venue to hear the case, due in part to the availability of witnesses.

The case, over the first Tesla autopilot-related death involving a pedestrian, should be tried in Japan because evidence key to Tesla’s defense on both liability and damages will be effectively unavailable if the case proceeds in the U.S., the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California said.

Access to third party evidence in Japan for a proceeding in ...