Record Breaking Jury Verdict For The Largest Race Discrimination Case in US History ($137,000,000)
Owen Diaz brought a race harassment case against Tesla, Inc. under the Civil Rights Act of 1866 because he was forced to endure widespread use of the N-word and other racist conduct. A Jury has found that from 2015 to 2016, Mr. Diaz was subjected to severe and pervasive racial harassment. He was called the N-word over sixty times by supervisors and he was told to "go back to Africa."
One supervisor left a picaninny drawing on some recycled cardboard near the elevators where Mr. Diaz would find it. Mr. Diaz saw racist graffiti in multiple bathrooms throughout Tesla’s Fremont, CA factory.
Record Breaking Verdict
$137,000,000
Diaz v. Tesla
(Race Harassment)
$30,550,000
Gober v. Ralphs Grocery Co.
(Sex Harassment)
750+
Cases Won
$250 million+
USD Won
99%
Success Rate
6 Lawyers
Team of 10
See below for more of our critical civil rights victories:
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$137,000,000
Diaz v. Tesla (race harassment)
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$30,550,000
Gober v. Ralphs Grocery Co. (sex harassment)
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$7.1 million
Weeks v. Baker & McKenzie, et al. (sex harassment)
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$6.85 million
Marscitz v. UltraStar Cinemas (sex harassment)
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$5.5 million
Yarborough v. PeopleSoft, Inc. (whistleblower)
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$2.1 million judgment plus fee award
Greene v. Dillingham (race harassment)
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$1,021,857
Berry v. Tesla (race harassment)
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$345,000 plus fee award
Klaas v. ValleyCare Health Systems (whistleblower)
Settlements
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$325,000 failure to accommodate settlement (2021)
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$320,000 whistleblower settlement (2021)
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$275,000 sexual harassment settlement (2021)
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$250,000 disability discrimination settlement (2021)
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$2.8 million sexual harassment settlement (2020)
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$1 million race harassment settlement for two plaintiffs (2020)
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$675,000 equal pay act settlement (2020)
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$650,000 race harassment settlement (2020)
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$250,000 race harassment settlement (2020)
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$242,000 sex harassment settlement for two plaintiffs (2020)
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$450,000 sexual abuse settlement (2019)
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$225,000 disability discrimination settlement (2019)
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$175,000 sexual harassment settlement (2019)
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$975,000 sexual harassment settlement for two plaintiffs (2018)
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$200,000 race discrimination settlement (2018)
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$225,000 sex harassment settlement for two victims (2018)
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$240,000 disability discrimination settlement (2018)
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$265,000 FMLA/CFRA interference settlement (2018)
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$325,000 race discrimination settlement (2018)
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$1.6 million settlement for sex harassment victim (2018)
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$225,000 race harassment settlement (2017)
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$205,000 sex harassment settlement (2017)
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$250,000 sex harassment settlement (2017)
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$375,000 sex harassment settlement (2017)
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$650,000 whistleblower settlement (2017)
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$1.9 million settlement for 2 sex harassment victims (2017)
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$450,000 disability discrimination settlement (2015)
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$485,000 elderly abuse settlement (2015)
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$1.3 million sex harassment settlement (2015)
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$1.25 million race harassment settlement (2014)
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$2.1 million settlement in class action wage and hour dispute (2011)
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$3.3 million settlement for 3 sex harassment victims (2011)
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$3.9 million settlement in age case for 3 workers (2006)
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$2.5 million sex harassment single plaintiff settlement (2005)