The decision is a major blow to the EV maker and exposes it to a potential multimillion-dollar judgment.
Tesla is also facing race bias claims in a federal court in California brought by the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
California Superior Court judge Noel Wise in Oakland said in a written order issued yesterday that the lawsuit presents questions common to all black workers at the plant of whether Tesla was aware of the alleged misconduct and refused to take steps to prevent it.The named plaintiff, former assembly line worker Marcus Vaughn, first sued in 2017, alleging that black factory workers were subjected to a range of racist conduct including slurs, graffiti and nooses hung at their workstations.
The tentative ruling comes ahead of a hearing scheduled tomorrow where Tesla can contest Wise’s decision, though judges are typically unlikely to change their minds. Wise said she planned to hold a trial in the case beginning in October when she also will preside over a trial in a case involving similar claims against Tesla by a California state civil rights agency.
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