Tesla Settles Fatal Crash Suit as Another Jury Trial Loomed (1)

Tesla Inc. has reached a deal to resolve a lawsuit over the death of a Model S passenger in a fiery 2016 crash, marking the second time in two months the electric-vehicle maker has avoided a jury trial in California over a fatal wreck.

Friday’s settlement comes after the automaker in April struck a confidential accord in a high-profile suit over a crash involving Autopilot on the eve of a trial. In that case an Apple Inc. engineer was killed on the way to work in 2018 when his Model X veered off the highway and slammed into a roadside ...