HMM: Lawsuit Blames Tesla Model S’s Retractable Door Handles for Man’s Death. “A wrongful death lawsuit was filed in state court in Broward County, Florida, on October 10 claims that Awan was burned beyond recognition ‘because the Model S has inaccessible door handles, no other way to open the doors, and an unreasonably dangerous fire risk.'” The retractable door handles are on the outside; it’s not clear what they could have to do with being trapped on the inside of the car. But this story says it was that the police couldn’t get the doors open from the outside.