Black Tesla Ex-Worker Seeks Another Redo in Factory Racism Fight
- Owen Diaz argues ‘poisonous messaging’ made jury trial unfair
- Company argues $3.2 million damages award should be cut 45%
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A Black ex-contract worker at Tesla Inc. who was awarded $3.2 million in a second trial over the company’s failure to protect him from racial abuse now wants another do-over, claiming that “highly damaging” attacks on his character and credibility by the electric-vehicle maker’s attorney made the proceeding unfair.
Tesla, meanwhile, is urging a federal judge to reduce what it must pay Owen Diaz by 45%, arguing that the punitive damages against the company are “manifestly erroneous.”