punitive damages - that is, the fine is designed to be large enough to stop a company from being able to just budget in fines and ignore the law.
That won't be the final settlement, just as in the McDonald's hot coffee incident they'll have a final out of court settlement for a much lower amount.
I'm not sure where you see an "innuendo" about injustice in what I wrote. It's a candid question on the rather common practice of law firms taking a cut of the settlements they manage to obtain for their clients.
The jury, after roughly four hours of deliberation, found in favor of Mr. Diaz on all claims and ordered Tesla to pay Mr. Diaz $6.9 million in compensatory damages and $130 million in punitive damages.
I feel that as a White male, I am subjected to a racist and sexist work environment. It is made clear on every occasion that I am on the lowest rung of humanity and I have to make space for others.
Account created 2 minutes before this comment, so my reply will fall on deaf ears (even this sounds too woke to my ears:) you can write this because of your privilege, you probably don't know what suffering under racism and sexism really is.
Company PR on a lost court case is of extremely little value. It's absolutely going to be spin and try to paint an extremely one-sided picture where they're somehow the victims of their own actions.
It's why cases are decided in courts, and not by "who has the more expensive PR department".
This case would probably lead to unintended consequences, s.a. not hiring persons of color because now, those employees can easily put company on a hook for millions, unintentionally or by "staging/hoaxing" harassment situation. Why risk it? Similar situation was in the countries that introduced compulsory maternity leave. New hiring of females 21-25 years old dropped precipitously. Also, this would probably make any business to consider leaving jurisdictions where such verdicts occur.
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[ 3.1 ms ] story [ 53.3 ms ] threadThat won't be the final settlement, just as in the McDonald's hot coffee incident they'll have a final out of court settlement for a much lower amount.
The jury, after roughly four hours of deliberation, found in favor of Mr. Diaz on all claims and ordered Tesla to pay Mr. Diaz $6.9 million in compensatory damages and $130 million in punitive damages.
It's why cases are decided in courts, and not by "who has the more expensive PR department".
Do you have a source for this? It seems odd (especially the age, given that a lot more women around me have kids much later than that).