Black Tesla worker rejected 15 Million award in 2021, awarded 3.2 million yesterday

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

OUCH...that must sting a bit. Now, don't reject the 3.2 million


(Reuters) -A federal jury in San Francisco on Monday ordered Tesla Inc to pay about $3.2 million to a Black former employee after he won a racial harassment lawsuit against the electric-vehicle maker, far less than the $15 million he rejected last year in opting for a new trial.

The verdict came after a week-long retrial in the 2017 lawsuit by plaintiff Owen Diaz, who in 2021 was awarded $137 million by a different jury. A judge agreed with that jury that Tesla was liable but said the award was excessive. He ordered a new trial on damages after Diaz declined the reduced $15 million award.


Diaz had accused Tesla of failing to act when he repeatedly complained to managers that employees at the Fremont, California, factory frequently used racist slurs and scrawled swastikas, racist caricatures and epithets on walls and work areas.

The jury on Monday awarded Diaz, who worked as an elevator operator, $175,000 in damages for emotional distress and $3 million in punitive damages designed to punish unlawful conduct and deter it in the future.

Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a tweet said "the verdict would've been zero" if the judge had allowed the company to introduce new evidence in the retrial.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/tesla-ordered-to-pay-3-2-million-to-black-ex-worker-in-us-race-bias-case/ar-AA19r9Ev

[LenaBaby61]

1. My friend told me when that guy rejected the first offer ....

"Lena, he's gonna regret shitting on that $15 million dollars. Just wait and see."


My friend was correct. I would have grabbed that dough on my first go around

IF he rejects the $3.2, another jury may say that he must pay that piece of shit Musk $3.2 million

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

2. the original 137 million must have clouded his judgement... made him think 15 million was pennies