Tesla Ordered to Pay More Than $3 Million in Racial Harassment Case

Case was presented to a second jury after a judge reduced original damages award

An aerial view of a Tesla factory in Fremont, Calif.Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

SAN FRANCISCO—Tesla Inc. secured a financial reprieve when a jury ordered the company to pay more than $3 million to a Black former worker in a racial harassment case, a fraction of the payout the company initially owed.

It was the second time in as many years that the case was presented to a federal jury here.

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