Tesla lawyer asks San Francisco jury to cut $137 million award in race discrimination case

Tesla lawyer asks San Francisco jury to cut $137 million award in race discrimination case

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https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2023/03/28/tesla-lawyer-asks-jury-to-cut-award-in-race-discrimination-case/

Tesla Inc.’s lawyer asked the jury in a damages trial over racism at a California plant to focus on how much money the victim of the abuse should get and not on changing the world.

The five-day trial that started Monday is a redo for Owen Diaz, a former contractor who complained of racial taunts and threats at the electric car-maker’s plant in Fremont, California. Two years ago Diaz won a $137 million verdict, one of the largest jury awards in US history in a discrimination lawsuit by an individual. After the judge decided the amount was too high and offered Diaz $15 million, he instead chose a retrial over damages with a new jury.