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Tesla must pay portion of $329M damages after fata...
Maybe he would have pulled over if the car’s capabilities hadn’t been oversold. Two entities did stupid things: 1) The person by not waiting to pull over because Elon Musk’s false claims, and 2) Tesla via Elon Musk making those false claims.
It passes a classic “but for…” test in causality.
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It passes a classic “but for…” test in causality.