Tesla settles case over fatal Autopilot crash of Apple engineer

April 8 (Reuters) - Tesla (TSLA.O), opens new tab has settled a lawsuit over a 2018 car crash that killed an Apple engineer after his Model X, operating on Autopilot, swerved off a highway near San Francisco, court documents showed on Monday.

The settlement was made on the eve of the trial over the high-profile accident involving Tesla's driver assistant technology, ending a five-year legal battle.

Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

The accident killed 38-year-old Walter Huang. His family had alleged that Autopilot steered his 2017 Model X into a highway barrier. Lawyers for Huang's family had also raised questions about whether Tesla understood that drivers likely would not or could not use the system as directed, and over what steps the automaker took to protect them.

Tesla had contended that Huang misused the Autopilot system because he was playing a video game just before the accident.

Huang's lawyer and Tesla were not immediately available for comment.

If successful, the plaintiffs' attorneys could have provi...
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