A Florida judge has refused to pause a wrongful-death lawsuit against Tesla involving a 2021 Model 3 crash that killed two young people, allowing proceedings to continue after nearly five years of litigation.
Broward County Circuit Judge Michael A. Robinson denied Tesla’s renewed request to halt proceedings during an October 16 hearing, according to Law360. Tesla wanted the case paused while it appeals an earlier decision refusing to move the trial from Broward County to Miami-Dade County.
The lawsuit stems from a September 2021 crash involving a Tesla Model 3 driven by 20-year-old Nicholas Garcia. He and his passenger, 19-year-old Jazmin Alcala, died after the vehicle left the road and struck two trees in Coral Gables…