Diaz
Diaz v. Tesla, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 OWEN DIAZ, Case No. 3:17-cv-06748-WHO
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING NEW TRIAL ON
v. LIABILITY
TESLA, INC., et al., Re: Dkt. No. 359 Defendants.
12 After a jury verdict assigning Tesla liability and awarding plaintiff Owen Diaz compensatory and punitive damages, and after I denied Tesla’s motion for a new trial on liability and damages, it moves again for a new trial on liability and damages. But I already decided this question. There appears to be no reason—aside from strategic gamesmanship—that Tesla could not have made these same arguments when I previously decided this issue. Tesla’s motion is judicially estopped and procedurally barred. In addition, it fails on the merits. For the reasons that follow, the motion is denied. BACKGROUND The facts and procedural background of this case are recounted in detail in my April 13, 2022, Order on Post Trial Motions. [Dkt. No. 328]. That…