Coming after Diaz v Tesla [1] where Tesla was found guilty of racial harassment and discrimination in that same Fremont, California plant (as can be seen here on page 3-11 [2]) to a degree that the jury deemed it worthy of a $136.9 million award, the single largest award in a race harassment case in American history [2]. That award was later reduced for procedural reasons as it was beyond the maximum limit the law allows. And further reduced in a subsequent trial evaluating direct damages due to emotional distress and loss of work which, as a matter of law, restricted the maximum allowable punitive damages. Despite that, the jury found it necessary to award punitive damages in excess of the standard maximum of 9:1 [4] which was upheld by the courts as, in the words of the judge: "Tesla’s conduct was reprehensible and repeated"[5] and as such the award in excess of standard maximums was "appropriate in light of the endemic racism at the Tesla factory and Tesla’s repeated failure to rectify it"[6].<p>[1] <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06748/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06748-7/context" rel="nofollow">https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06...</a><p>[2] <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06748/pdf/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06748-9.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06...</a><p>[3] <a href="https://www.civilrightsca.com/key-verdicts/diaz-v-tesla-race-harassment/" rel="nofollow">https://www.civilrightsca.com/key-verdicts/diaz-v-tesla-race...</a><p>[4] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Farm_Mutual_Automobile_Insurance_Co._v._Campbell" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_Farm_Mutual_Automobile_I...</a><p>[5] <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06748/pdf/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06748-12.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06...</a> Page 29<p>[6] <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06748/pdf/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06748-12.pdf" rel="nofollow">https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-cand-3_17-cv-06...</a> Page 1 End of Paragraph 1.