Months after his parents and sister perished in a collision on the Garden State Parkway in one of Tesla’s cars last year, a man from New Jersey filed a lawsuit against the company.
Max Dryerman and the estate of his family members have filed a wrongful death lawsuit in federal court in Camden on Monday, claiming that the 2024 Tesla model S’s braking system and other components were unsafe and flawed.
Additionally, it claims that if the autopilot and self-driving systems had been operating correctly, the vehicle would not have veered off the toll road.
The lawsuit claimed that features like emergency lane departure, lane departure avoidance, and forward collision warning were flawed.
On September 14, 2024, at 11:55 p.m., a collision occurred near Parkway milepost 131.1 in Woodbridge.
The northbound Tesla struck a sign, a guardrail, and a concrete bridge structure after veering off to the left.
Three people from Woodcliff Lake in Bergen County were killed: driver David Dryerman, 54; front-seat passenger Michele D. Dryerman, 54; and back-seat passenger Brooke D. Dryerman, 17.
Each of the three had a seat belt on.
According to the claim, the three were returning home from an outdoor performance.
At the time of the collision, Max Dryerman was 19 years old and attending college.
A request for comment from NJ Advance Media was not answered by Tesla.
State Police instructed NJ Advance Media to file an open public records request and declined to comment on the investigation’s findings.
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