Musk Stumbles in Bid to Escape Ex-VP’s Twitter Severance Lawsuit

A 14-count lawsuit by a former Twitter Inc. vice president and other employees seeking severance after Elon Musk’s corporate takeover should proceed against Musk himself on a handful of claims, a federal magistrate judge recommended.

Some claims should proceed because Musk’s chief argument in favor of dismissal was presented in a footnote and thus deemed waived, the judge said in a nonbinding report. Musk is entitled to have several of the claims asserted against him dismissed because portions of the case challenge actions Twitter took before Musk was in charge of the company, the judge said.

The report, issued ...