A West Palm Beach civil trial attorney with a recent multimillion-dollar victory is guiding an investigation into a deadly crash that claimed a Tesla driver’s life in South Florida—a nod to potential litigation against the California-based car maker.

Lake “Trey” Lytal III won a nearly $2 million personal injury verdict in March against Florida Power & Light Co. And now, Lytal has been retained by the family of Jeremy Banner, a Lake Worth man who died when his 2018 Tesla Model 3 collided with a tractor-trailer March 1.