The plaintiff, Owen Diaz, was an elevator operator at the Tesla Fremont Factory in California between 2015 and 2016.
The lawsuit stated that Diaz faced constant harassment including racial slurs.
[2] Working conditions at the plant were so unacceptable, the department stated, that many Black employees had been forced to quit.
[2] J. Bernard Alexander III, one of Diaz's lawyers, told jurors that the use of the “n-word” was pervasive and virtually everywhere at Fremont factory.
[6] In April 2022, federal judge William Orrick upheld the jury finding of Tesla's liability but reduced the total award down to $15 million.