High Powered Lawyer, Mark Geragos (Haverford College Grad), Representing Owner Of Enflamed Tesla

On July 1, acclaimed lawyer,  Mark Geragos, announced that he was representing the owner of the Tesla Model S Plaid that burst into flames in Gladwyne, on June 29.

According to the New York Post –

Bart Smith — the head of the digital asset group at trading firm Susquehanna International, who has been dubbed the “Crypto King” by CNBC — was driving his brand-new $124,000 vehicle outside Philadelphia when it was consumed in a harrowing unexplained inferno that took first responders an hour and a half to extinguish. 

Ironically, the Post also reported that –

Susquehanna owned about $1.1 billion worth of Tesla shares as of March 31, according to it’s most recent disclosures to the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Reuters wrote –

“It was a harrowing and horrifying experience,” Geragos said.

“This is a brand new model… We are doing an investigation. We are calling for the S Plaid to be grounded, not to be on the road until we get to the bottom of this,” he said.

Tesla did not have an immediate comment when contacted by Reuters