Former Tesla contractor rejects $15 million payout in racial abuse lawsuit
the amount of compensatory damages to $1.5 million and punitive damages to $13.5 million. Since Diaz's lawyers have now rejected the award, the case will proceed to a new trial.
The automaker is also facing another lawsuit filed by the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing on the behalf of more than 4,000 former and current Black Tesla employees. According to three former Tesla workers, Black workers at the Fremont facility were segregated, given the most difficult tasks and subject to more discipline than other workers.
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