Technology,
Labor/Employment,
Civil Litigation
Apr. 15, 2022
$137M award to Black Tesla worker reduced to $13.5M
U.S. District Judge William Orrick wrote in his 43-page decision that the permitted punitive damages award is nine times the amount of compensatory damages.
A federal judge upheld a jury’s verdict against Tesla in a lawsuit brought by a Black former employee who alleged discrimination, but reduced the award from $137 million to $13.5 million, calling it “unconstitutionally large.”
U.S. District Judge William Orrick in San Francisco agreed Tesla subjected plaintiff Owen Diaz to a hostile environment during his seven months at the company, and called the evidence “disturbing.” Diaz said employee...
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