I led the first jury win against Tesla’s Autopilot. I get too many inquiries on potential cases to review them all.
A plaintiff lawyer who secured a major jury verdict against Tesla regarding its Autopilot system reports an overwhelming number of inquiries from potential clients. He notes that the high costs of litigation make it difficult to pursue many of these cases, despite the growing public concern over autonomous vehicle safety.
Why it matters
This highlights the legal and financial barriers to holding major tech companies accountable for safety failures in emerging autonomous driving technologies.
Brett Schreiber, a plaintiff trial lawyer who led the first jury win against Tesla involving Autopilot, said he continues to receive inquiries about potential cases involving the EV maker's Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems. Courtesy Brett Schreiber Brett Schreiber led the first Tesla Autopilot case in which a jury found the company liable. Schreiber said he has more inquiries about potential cases related to Tesla's Autopilot and FSD. He said he has to reject many of them because taking Tesla to court is costly. This as-told-to essay is based on three conversations with Brett Schreiber, a California-based lawyer who represented the plaintiffs in the Miami Autopilot case involving Naibel Benavides Leon. In 2025, a federal jury found Tesla partially responsible for the crash that killed Benavides Leon and seriously injured Dillon Angulo. The jury ordered Tesla to pay more than $242.5 million in damages. Tesla is appealing the verdict.
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