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Re:Anthony Levandowski ordered to pay $179M to Google by tyingq on Thursday March 05, 2020 @06:46AM (#22492759)
"some prosecutor took a look at it and decided it wasn't worthwhile"

Probably a prosecutor that works for some local government that could be also be liable for letting Uber operate that car in their jurisdiction. I imagine that discussion happened.

Re:Anthony Levandowski ordered to pay $179M to Google by dodobirdlord on Saturday March 07, 2020 @12:13AM (#22509879)
I doubt it, Arizona legalized self-driving cars at the state level.
Re:Anthony Levandowski ordered to pay $179M to Google by tyingq on Monday March 09, 2020 @08:15AM (#22524746)
"The state and city of Tempe were hit with a lawsuit Monday over their alleged negligence in the fatal crash between a self-driving Uber and a pedestrian a year ago."

https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/tempe/2019/03/19/...