Tesla Inc., a leading innovator in electric vehicles, is under increasing legal scrutiny as two major product liability cases bring safety concerns about its cars into sharp focus. These lawsuits highlight alleged design defects and system failures that have tragically resulted in deaths and serious injuries.

Potential jurors at the federal courthouse in Miami had to consider a major question Monday, in the first federal case that has made it to trial challenging Tesla’s autopilot program: Do you have strong feelings about ELON MUSK?