Black former worker awarded $3.2m in Tesla factory racial-harassment suit

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Source: The Guardian

Tesla will pay about $3.2m to a Black former employee after a federal jury in San Francisco ruled the electric-vehicle maker failed to prevent severe racial harassment at its flagship assembly plant in California.

The plaintiff, Owen Diaz, had opted for a new trial on damages after the judge reduced the amount he was awarded in a 2021 ruling from $137m to $15m. Diaz accused Tesla of failing to act when he repeatedly complained to managers that employees at the Fremont factory frequently used racist slurs and scrawled swastikas, racist caricatures and epithets on walls and work areas.

The jury on Monday awarded him $175,000 in damages for emotional distress and $3m in punitive damages designed to punish unlawful conduct and deter it in the future.

Bernard Alexander, a lawyer for Diaz, urged jurors during closing statements on Friday to award him nearly $160m in damages, and send a message to Tesla and other large companies that they will be held accountable for failing to address discrimination.

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[IronLionZion]

1. Good for him for suing and winning. Back in the day, people would just quietly take the abuse

America is a lot more diverse these days. When the next recession comes, a lot of racists are going to be shocked by discrimination lawsuits for abusive hostile behavior.

[MichMan]

2. I guess he won, but probably isn't celebrating....

He wasn't happy with the Judge allowing him only $15 million the first go around, so he asked for a retrial and got $3 million this time. Turned down a sure $15 million and ended up with $3 million. Brilliant strategy.

Hope he is happy with his legal representation, assuming he followed their advice. If they told him to take the $15 million and he refused, he rolled the dice and lost.