
A new wrongful-death lawsuit filed in Wisconsin alleges that a crash involving a Tesla Model S in November 2024 turned fatal not because of the impact or ensuing fire, but because of alleged design defects that left occupants unable to escape.
The suit claims the vehicle’s door system and battery design choices “created a highly foreseeable risk” of entrapment in a fire. According to the complaint filed in Dane County, Wisconsin, the Model S went off a rural road, struck a tree, and burst into flames. All five occupants died.