Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Quinn Emanuel Probe of Cruise Crash Finds Executives 'Not Actively Engaged' as Crisis Unfolded
The law firm's 195-page internal report blasts Cruise for "poor leadership, mistakes in judgment, lack of coordination" and a failure to grasp its obligation to be transparent and accountable to the public and regulators.
January 30, 2024 at 12:00 PM
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Regulation
What You Need to Know
- The GM subsidiary sacked nine executives, including legal chief Jeff Bleich, in the wake of the Oct. 2 accident.
- On Oct. 24, California suspended the company's autonomous-driving permit, saying it had been misled.
- The Quinn Emanuel report found Cruise delegated to a paralegal the important responsibility for reporting details of the accident to federal regulators.
A damning internal report on Cruise's handling of an October accident in which one of its self-driving taxis struck and severely injured a pedestrian in San Francisco blames "deficient leadership at the highest levels of the company," including members of the C-suite and legal department.
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