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Civil Litigation,
Labor/Employment

May 14, 2019

Tesla to pay portion of $13M personal injury settlement

Tesla Inc. has avoided its first personal injury trial by agreeing to pay a portion of a $13 million settlement to a janitor who was severely injured at its factory as a result of a car accident.

Tesla Inc. avoided its first personal injury trial by agreeing to pay a portion of a $13 million settlement to a janitor severely injured at its factory as a result of a car accident.

The settlement, reached Friday, came as the electric car manufacturer was set to go to trial in Alameda County Superior Court against a factory worker left disabled as a result of being crushed by an 18-year-old employee who was on the job for less th...

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