A Tesla killed a man in the Keys, and a Miami jury sent a $243 million message | Opinion

On Aug. 1, 2025, a federal jury in Miami sent a resounding message — not only to Tesla, but to the entire automotive industry.

In a landmark verdict, the jury awarded over $243 million in damages after finding Tesla partially liable for a 2019 crash in Key Largo that killed 22-year-old Naibel Benavides Leon and seriously injured her boyfriend, Dillon Angulo, now 33, both of Miami-Dade.

We are the attorneys who brought the case against Tesla on behalf of Angulo and the Benavides family…

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