Tesla must pay $137 million in discrimination lawsuit

Tesla has been ordered to pay $137 million in damages to a former Black worker who accused the company of turning a blind eye to discrimination and racial abuse at the company's EV plant in Fremont California, the Washington Post has reported. A San Francisco federal court jury awarded the judgement -- reportedly one of the largest in an individual race discrimination employment case -- to Owen Diaz, an elevator operator who worked as a contract employee in 2015 and 2016. In the lawsuit, Diaz al...