Tesla’s ‘Staggering’ Tab for Racism Suit Is Slashed by 98% (1)

A jury said Tesla Inc. owes $3.2 million to a Black former contract worker for failing to protect him from racial abuse — 98% less than a 2021 verdict in the same case.

The $137 million award that Owen Diaz won two years ago was among the highest ever for an individual suing over discrimination in the US. Diaz elected for a retrial on damages after a judge said the amount was too high and concluded $15 million was the most that the evidence in the case and the Constitution would allow.

Jurors in San Francisco federal court reached Monday’s ...