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Elon Musk Grieved With Crash Victim’s Dad. Now Tesla Faces Him in Court
- Company’s trial defense points to boy as habitual speeder
- High-speed Model S wreck in Florida triggered battery fire
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In 2018, Elon Musk shared the agony of having his infant son die in his arms while consoling a father who lost his teenager to a fiery crash in a Tesla Model S.
Now, Tesla Inc. is trying to undermine James Riley’s claim that it played a role in his son’s death, as the world’s most-valuable automaker faces off in court against a family once known to employees as “VIP customers.”