There’s no litigated suit yet, but there are plenty of settlements, including the class action referenced. I’m sure Tesla has a noxious arbitration clause that makes litigation difficult.
Personally, money is a truth maker in these scenarios, and the folks stuck holding the financial bag for Tesla are insurance companies, who are raising Tesla rates for a variety of reasons that are creating losses for them. As this feature is in broader use and Tesla continues to succeed in making their computer’s failures a driver responsibility, those rates will go up more.
It does[1]. You can opt-out, but only in the first 30 days after making the order, so if you haven't, you're locked into it when the problem arises.
[1] https://teslamotorsclub.com/tmc/threads/agreement-to-arbitra...
Plaintiff's Attorney: "If the deceased had not been using autonomous driving, he'd be alive today."
Tesla: "The deceased was informed and acknowledged his understanding that while using autonomous features, he must keep his eyes on the road and pay attention. He did not do that. Moreover, autonomous features are statistically proven to reduce accidents by 40%. These drivers report that they'd have died without autopilot as a feature: [2]. [3], [4], [5],..." [1]
As of May, there were no lawsuits against Tesla for auto pilot accidents, so it would appear that this defense has held up so far.
[1] https://www.reuters.com/article/us-tesla-autopilot-lawsuit/t...
[2] https://www.cnbc.com/2016/08/05/man-says-tesla-autopilot-sav...
[3] https://electrek.co/2018/06/01/tesla-autopilot-probably-save...
[4] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9I5rraWJq6E
[5] https://cdllife.com/2018/video-tesla-driver-says-autopilot-s...
etc....