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Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by publicmenace on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:18PM (#35434559)
Umm if I type it I'd get flagged and probably banned.

Also, I never said it's fine. I just said $3 million in damages is ridiculous.

Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by peter422 on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:22PM (#35434589)
I'm guessing you are not familiar with the case and only read the CNN coverage.

Employers have responsibilities to maintain certain standards at a workplace. Tesla absolutely flaunted those standards to a ridiculous degree. The first jury on the case awarded over $100 million to the plaintiff.

Go look at the evidence presented in the trial. It's not one bad word being used once.

Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by notch898a on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:59PM (#35434866)
I'd argue it's a first amendment violation for the state to require an employee be fired or reprimanded for saying/writing mean words; but that's not to say there wasn't more to it than that.

The civil rights act itself is a slap in the face of the 10th amendment and should be repealed post haste.

Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by shadowgovt on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:24PM (#35434611)
Why is $3 million in damages in this case ridiculous?
Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by publicmenace on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:27PM (#35434649)
$3 million dollars because people said MEAN WORDS to you.
Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by shadowgovt on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:37PM (#35434730)
A number intended to be punitive, yes.

What is your framework for believing that number to be ridiculous? Do you know how such numbers are decided?

Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by publicmenace on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:53PM (#35434834)
Yes. Punitive damages are not appropriate to begin with in this case, and certainly not that high.
Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by shadowgovt on Tuesday April 04, 2023 @09:18AM (#35439120)
A jury decided otherwise regarding the correctness of punitive damages.

Once that was decided, such damages don't scale by damage done; they scale by a figure that would inconvenience the company so as to discourage such flouting of their legally-mandated corporate responsibility in the future.

Re:Tesla ordered to pay more than $3M to former worker in ra... by ParetoOptimal on Monday April 03, 2023 @11:28PM (#35434651)
> I just said $3 million in damages is ridiculous.

Are you black?