Timeline of Tesla lying, misleading, and attempting to stonewall providing Autopilot crash data in Florida wrongful death Lawsuit.

- April 2019: 3 minutes after the crash the vehicle uploaded a “collision snapshot” c/w video, CAN‑bus streams, and EDR data to Tesla servers.
- May 2019: FHP requested in writing to Tesla to get a copy of the crash data. Tesla sent infotainment data and a copy of the Owner’s Manual.
- June 2019: FHP took the car's MCU and ECU to a local Tesla service center to extract the crash data. Tesla staff testified at trial that the data was “corrupted” and couldn’t be accessed.
- 2019-2024: Tesla stonewalled that it has the crash data on multiple occasions.
- Late 2024: Plaintiffs extract a copy of the crash data.
- May 2025: Faced with subpoenas Tesla admits to having the crash data.
- July 2025: Crash data presented to the Jury and evidence showing Tesla lied and tried to hide the crash data.
- Jury awards plaintiffs $243M
https://electrek.co/2025/08/04/tesla-withheld-data-lied-misdirected-police-plaintiffs-avoid-blame-autopilot-crash/ #Tesla #Lawsuit #Liability

I only now read Georg Riekeles' excellent 2022 account of #BigTech's outrageous global #lobbying influence. While I don't agree with everything (e.g. his take on #liability and the #copyright debate), after 15 years in #EU #Brussels I'd say his long-read is frighteningly accurate.

Includes special mentions of @corporateeurope and other crucial civil society groups fighting back.

A must-read: https://medium.com/@georg.riekeles/teknopolis-7cbe48a5fcf2

#liability #libel #law #podcast #section230 ️️️
https://mastodon.social/@lawfare/114874664114525328

Trump wants to Make Asbestos Great Again.

I have 2 questions:

1. Who is still getting rich off of asbestos?

2. Will the U.S. government be liable for future mesothelioma lawsuits?

‘Climate superfund’ laws that charge polluters pass in 4 U.S. states.

Maryland, New York, California, and Vermont have enacted laws requiring fossil fuel companies to pay for climate damages, modeled on the Superfund toxic cleanup framework.

The statutes aim to shift financial responsibility for climate adaptation from taxpayers to polluters. Legal experts say it could trigger a nationwide reckoning over carbon liability. #ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis #environment #news #climate #ClimateAction #liability #UnitedStates #California #maryland #newyork #vermont

https://grist.org/accountability/climate-superfund-law-maryland-california-vermont-new-york-trump-lawsuits/

Today in Labor History May 31, 1889: The infamous Johnstown Flood. 2,209 people died when a dam holding back a private resort lake burst upstream from Johnstown, Pennsylvania. It was the deadliest U.S. disaster to date. Bodies were found as far away as Cincinnati. It caused $17 million of damage (about $490 million in 2020 dollars).

Wealthy industrialists, like Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick owned and patronized the resort. (Carnegie also owned Homestead Steel, and Frick was the manager in charge of the butchering of striking workers that occurred there in 1892). They had built cottages and a clubhouse and created the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club, an exclusive and private mountain retreat. They had also lowered the dam to build a road across it and installed a fish screen in the spillway that tended to trap debris. Investigators believe these alterations contributed to the disaster. Yet none of the members of the South Fork Fishing and Hunting Club were found guilty of any crimes. Furthermore, survivors repeatedly lost court cases in their attempts to recover damages due to the club members’ wealth and expensive legal team. However, public outrage did prompt changes in American law leading to one of strict liability in future cases.

The flood has been depicted repeatedly in American culture. Bruce Springsteen references it in “Highway Patrolman.” Rudyard Kipling talked about it in his novel “Captains Courageous.” The Paul Newman film, “Slapshot” takes place in Johnstown. It is also referenced in episodes of Star Trek, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and dozens of other poems, songs, plays, novels, and works of nonfiction.

Sen. #TammyDuckworth isn’t having it: #Hegseth just gutted a vital military program—one #Trump signed into law—because he didn’t even know what it was. Called it “feminist.” Every combat commander supports it.

He’s not a SecDef. He’s a #liability.

Extreme heat - harm from fossil fuels
Will it ever be possible to sue anyone for damaging the climate?

"Cost of emissions from five major Australian resource companies more than $900bn, study finds"

"Five of Australia’s biggest fossil fuel producers could be on the hook for hundreds of billions of dollars in damages after a US research team developed a method to link individual companies to specific climate harms and put a dollar figure to the impact. US researchers link BHP, Rio Tinto, Santos, Whitehaven Coal and Woodside Energy to specific climate harms over three decades."
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https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/may/05/cost-of-emissions-from-five-major-australian-resource-companies-more-than-900bn-study-finds
#ClimateBreakdown #GHG #FossilFuels #liability #litigation #AttributionSci #ExtremeHeat #heatwaves #harm #Australia

So a fetus is a person when trying to deny women rights, but not when the hospital's wallet is on the line? It's obvious the true ideology here is about controlling women and nothing more.

Aiming to limit damages, Catholic hospital argues a fetus isn't the same as a 'person'
https://iowacapitaldispatch.com/2025/04/09/aiming-to-limit-damages-catholic-hospital-argues-a-fetus-isnt-the-same-as-a-person/

EU abandons #ePrivacy, #AI #liability reforms as bloc shifts focus to AI competitiveness - https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/12/eu-abandons-eprivacy-reform-as-bloc-shifts-focus-to-competitiveness-and-fostering-data-access-for-ai/ "long stalled bid to beef up European Union rules around online tracking technologies and put penalties on a similar footing to the bloc’s data protection framework, #GDPR, has been withdrawn by the Commission"

Companies are not anonymous actors.

Behind every company action, there is an executive who decided to do that action.

If the company's action is illegal, there shouldn't be only fines, but there should be legal consequences for the executive as well.

This used to be called 'accountability'.

#Legal #Accountability #Companies #Liability
@jhavok @micahflee

Today in #YouCanFindAPersonWhoKnowsAnythingOnTheFedi please tell me about the nuances of insurance liability.

My understanding is...
The insurance company covers damage related to the event listed on the claim only. Any pre-existing damage is the responsibility of the owner. Therefore, if event related damage cannot be repaired due to preexisting damage (eg glass can't be replaced due to a rotted window frame), then insurance pays out for only event related damage (eg they pay for the cost of glass replacement only, directly to the owner in cash).

My neighbour's understanding is...
They insured their window which was in working order. After the storm it is not in working order. Therefore it is the responsibility of the insurance company to reinstate a window in working order. It is true the window has preexisting damage that prevents the glass being replaced in isolation, however this preexisting did not prevent the window being in working order before the storm and therefore is not relevant.

Is either of us correct? Do you have the correct answer?

Thanks!