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  • Expert Opinion

    After the driverless fatality, insurance and litigation will be forever changed

    Randy Maniloff | April 13, 2018

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    A self-driving car from Uber hit and killed a woman in Tempe, Arizona, on Sunday evening in what is likely the first pedestrian fatality involving the technology.

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