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Tesla ordered to pay $137 million in discrimination lawsuit – Source CNET Tech

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Tesla’s factory in Fremont, California.


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Tesla has been ordered to pay nearly $137 million in damages in a lawsuit that alleged a Black former employee was subjected to racist abuse, discrimination and harassment at the company’s production facility in Fremont, California.

The jury in the San Francisco federal court on Monday awarded the judgment to Owen Diaz, an elevator operator who worked for the company between June 2015 and May 2016, according to Bloomberg, which earlier reported on the verdict.

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