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Self-Driving Injury

In what may be the first lawsuit of its kind, a motorcyclist claims he was knocked to the ground and injured when the self-driving Chevrolet Bolt changed lanes abruptly on Dec. 7, 2017, on Oak Street in San Francisco.

SAN FRANCISCO — In what may be the first lawsuit of its kind, Oscar Willhelm Nilsson claims in a federal complaint against General Motors that the self-driving Chevrolet Bolt changed lanes abruptly on Dec. 7, 2017, on Oak Street in San Francisco, knocking him off his motorcycle and injuring him.

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