A federal jury in San Francisco ruled on Monday (3rd) that Tesla must compensate former African-American employee Diaz $3.175 million (approximately NT$964.5 billion).

(Schematic, Reuters)

[Financial Channel/Comprehensive Report] A federal jury in San Francisco ruled on Monday (3rd) that Tesla (Tesla) "put former African-American contract employee Owen Diaz (Owen Diaz) in a racially discriminatory job for a long time when he was employed. environment, and did not take appropriate measures, requiring Tesla to pay about US$3.175 million (approximately NT$96.45 million) in damages, but this amount of compensation is far lower than the US$137 million awarded by another jury before 2021 (Approximately NT$4.162 billion).

According to comprehensive media reports, this is the second time in the past two years that the case has been tried by a local federal jury.

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Diaz sued his former employer Tesla angrily in 2017, saying that when he was working at Tesla from 2015 to 2016, his colleagues humiliated him and other black employees with inappropriate words, and he also saw racial discrimination in the workplace and toilets At the time, the jury awarded Diaz $137 million, including $130 million (about NT$3.94 billion) in punitive damages and $6.9 million (about NT$209 million) for emotional stress compensation.

In 2022, U.S. District Judge William Orrick agreed with the jury that Tesla was illegal, but thought the award was too high and cut the award from the original 137 million yuan to $15 million (about NT$455 million) Yuan).

The U.S. Supreme Court has said that punitive damages should generally not exceed 10 times compensatory damages,

Diaz rejected the $15 million award, opting to appeal and seek a new trial on the award.

The San Francisco federal court opened on March 27 this year. The jury members of the trial were asked to assess how much damages Tesla should pay assuming that Tesla was responsible.

After several days of trial, the jury ruled on April 3 that Tesla should pay Diaz US$175,000 (approximately NT$5.3166 million) in compensation and US$3 million (approximately NT$91.14 million) in punitive damages. compensation.

Tesla’s stock price closed at $194.77 on the 3rd, a drop of 6.12%.

Former African-American contract employee Diaz (right) and his son (left).

(Bloomberg)

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