Posted on 10/05/2021 8:46:39 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
What? $137 million? Did they tie the her down and do medical experiments on her? Keep her locked in a concrete room and commit serial rape? $137 million for being a little mean and inappropriate?
Why didn’t she quit?
Maybe the Deep State is going after Musk for not sending his 10% to the Big Guy. Like they went after Gates for not sending campaign cash to RATs.
What FreedomPoster said.
Oops. It was a guy you idiot!
Well, they didn’t serial rape him either, right?
Obviously this insane amount of money will be reduced on appeal to a lesser insane amount of money. However my niece’s husband made a career switch from a higher paying job to work for one of his hero’s, Elon Musk. What a dose of reality that turned into. For whatever reason... some of Musk’s corporations seem to have a culture that is dysfunctional in many ways. This makes them vulnerable to lawsuits such as this one.
Fremont is a construction site and many of us here know that construction sites are not for the thin skinned. However, Tesla has to take a stand that racism is not tolerated as a condition of employment. Musk thinks he’s exempt from this kind of trouble like he thought he was exempt from SEC control. He’ll come around.
How about Company-imposed Vaccine Mandate = Hostile Work Involvement = Big-Time Lawsuit?
Touched a nerve did I? I am not anti-Elon or Tesla. They have received $2,441,582,590 in federal subsidies. Many other car manufacturers have as well. I am only pointing out that Tesla (and every other company with a federal grant or subsidy) will USE that money to pay off lawsuits, which results in the taxpayer footing the burden. I personally will never own an electric vehicle. I DO NOT CARE one iota if Elon is the savior of the world. I DO admire him for his space commercialization. That is spectacular and needed to be done. So get off your high horse and stop being triggered so much because someone has an opinion.
From the Tesla statement...
“There was no witness testimony or other evidence that anyone ever heard the n-word used toward Mr. Diaz.”
I will refer you to my post #29. $2.4 Billion in subsidies. $137M...pocket change. BTW I’m not anti-Elon or Tesla. I just think tax subsidies are a joke.
Does anyone believe the allegations are even true?
For me, this is phony as the day is long.
Even more reason to get out of California.
From the article: “In addition to Mr. Diaz, three other witnesses (all non-Tesla contract employees) testified at trial that they regularly heard racial slurs (including the n-word) on the Fremont factory floor. While they all agreed that the use of the n-word was not appropriate in the workplace, they also agreed that most of the time they thought the language was used in a ‘friendly’ manner and usually by African-American colleagues.”
They were called the “n word” *in a friendly manner* by their african american colleagues, and for that they sue the company?
The lawyers made out like bandits. A sane judge would have thrown his out of court.
“The company almost never loses workplace arbitrations, though it was hit with a $1 million award in May in a case brought by another ex-contract worker that was similar to Diaz’s.”
Today’s case was a jury award, but the arbitration award gives you a better idea of what the case might have actually been worth, assuming it was proven.
The case is ripe for Remittitur:
The procedural process by which an excessive verdict of the jury is reduced. If money damages awarded by a jury are grossly excessive as a Matter of Law, the judge may order the plaintiff to remit a portion of the award.
The remedy of remittitur is designed to cure an award of damages that is grossly excessive without the necessity of a new trial or an appeal. In some cases, an award by a jury is so completely out of line with the damages proven in the case that it is Unconscionable.
There is an exception to amounts awarded as punitive damages, so that might not change things. Apparently, the award included 130 million in punitive damages, the rest for “pain and suffering” etc.
The number of white guys in San Francisco who would use the “n word” toward a black guy you could count on one hand. I can’t imagine you’ll find any at all.
I have received $0 in COVID relief. I make too much to qualify and actually pay taxes every year. Nice try.
You obviously didn’t read my post. I don’t hate Elon, I’m happy he’s there. STOP jumping to conclusions...you’re going to give yourself a stroke over absolutely nothing. Jeez.
Did his lawyers present any ACTUAL evidence at all? Not even a fake “noose”?
VW held a crisis meeting. To discuss how to catch Tesla. Because VW just realised Tesla is producing EV 3 times faster than what VW is able to do !!!
What to do ?VW officially says they can't keep up with Tesla's production | CRISIS MEETING !!! | October 4, 2021 | BestInTESLA
a number of drone flight channels keep track of Austin and Berlin:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=gigafactory
among other search hits, “no cobalt at all”:
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=elon+musk
ELON MUSK Confronts President BIDEN | EV News
October 3, 2021
E for Electric
Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk has called out President Joe Biden on the issue of favoring union based electric car automakers, and a few other things. Congressman Welch and Forbes contributor Tom Moloughney will be here to chime in, plus other EV news of the week!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7hoJPjFtwvg
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