On March 18, 2018, Elaine Herzberg was struck and killed by a driverless car. As the first pedestrian fatality involving a fully autonomous vehicle, this presents an unprecedented liability challenge for American tort law.
What happens when someone is injured or killed in a car accident? Who is held responsible? And how does that change with a driverless car? Victor Schwartz, partner at Shook, Hardy & Bacon, explains the fault damage rules, suggesting that current liability rules will chill innovation unless they are changed to account for this emerging technology.
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Learn more about Victor Schwartz:
https://www.shb.com/professionals/s/schwartz-victor
