Former Tesla Worker Seeks Third Trial in Race Bias Lawsuit After Being Awarded $3.2 Million

A Black former Tesla Inc factory worker has accused the electric automaker’s lawyers of “egregious misconduct” after a jury awarded him $3.2 million in a race bias case, and asked for a third trial so he can seek more money.

Lawyers for plaintiff Owen Diaz said in a filing in San Francisco federal court late Tuesday that Tesla’s lawyers asked improper questions, baselessly accused a witness of lying and made misleading statements during closing arguments in the five-day trial in March.

A different jury in 2021 had found Tesla liable for allegedly rampant racial harassment Diaz suffered at the company’s flagship Fremont, California, assembly plant and awarded him $137 million. A judge said that amount was excessive and ordered a second trial on damages after Diaz rejected a reduced award of $15 million.

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