Tesla loses bid to move sexual harassment lawsuit to arbitration
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2022-05-26 02:52:17
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Might 24 (Reuters) - A California state choose has rejected Tesla Inc's (TSLA.O) bid to send a lawsuit alleging widespread sexual harassment at the firm's flagship assembly plant to non-public arbitration, allowing it to move forward in courtroom.
California Superior Court docket Choose Stephen Kaus in Oakland denied Tesla's motion to compel arbitration in a brief order on Monday.
In a written opinion released on Tuesday, Kaus mentioned Tesla had improperly pressured the plaintiff, Jessica Barraza, to signal an arbitration agreement after she had already quit her earlier job.
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"Basically, Barraza was ambushed," the decide wrote.
Barraza within the lawsuit filed in November claims workers and supervisors at the Fremont, California plant routinely made lewd feedback and gestures to feminine workers, and that the corporate failed to deal with complaints.
The lawsuit is considered one of at the least seven pending in California state courtroom to make comparable claims towards Tesla. Kaus is presiding over five more of these circumstances.
Tesla didn't immediately reply to a request for comment on Tuesday.
David Lowe, a lawyer for Barraza, referred to as the decision "a victory for public accountability."
"Due to this ruling... Tesla will probably be judged by a jury of Ms. Barraza's peers in a public courtroom," Lowe said in an announcement.
Together with the pending sexual harassment claims, Tesla is dealing with separate lawsuits accusing it of tolerating widespread race discrimination at its vegetation. A California judge last month awarded $15 million to a Black former manufacturing facility employee who stated he was subjected to racist slurs and graffiti from coworkers. read more
Tesla has stated it doesn't tolerate harassment and has disciplined and fired staff who engaged in misconduct.
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Reporting by Daniel Wiessner in Albany, New York, Modifying by Rosalba O'Brien
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