FILE PHOTO: A logo is pictured on an electric car at the Tesla Inc. vehicle facility in Costa Mesa, California, U.S., November 1, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake/File Photo
(Reuters) -A California state judge has ruled that more than 6,000 Black workers at Tesla's flagship assembly plant cannot sue over alleged racial harassment as a class, reversing an earlier ruling in a major victory for CEO Elon Musk's electric vehicle maker.
California Superior Court Judge Peter Borkon ruled on Friday that the 2017 lawsuit could not move forward as a class action because many of the 200 workers chosen at random to testify ahead of a trial scheduled for 2026 were unwilling to do so.
