According to reports, Tesla asked the U.S. court to confirm a recent decision made by an arbitration institution to dismiss the accusation of a former engineer of the company. Before that, Tesla fired an engineer, who subsequently used defamation as slander. The company was brought to court. Last Thursday, Tesla submitted a request to the San Francisco Federal Court. An arbitrator stated in the November 3 arbitration that the allegations of Cristina Balan were not Not in line with reality.
Baran stated that the company falsely accused her of illegal and criminal acts in response to a 2017 media article about her being fired. In March of this year, an appeals court in California ruled that Baran arbitrates defamation claims because these claims are directly related to her work at Tesla.
Tesla asked the court to confirm the decision of the arbitration institution last Thursday, and Baran decided to challenge the result. On Friday, Baran stated in an e-mail that she would seek to have the arbitration institution revoke the arbitration award because the result was a fraud, corruption, prejudice, and apparent ignorance of the law.
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In the 2019 lawsuit, Baran stated that she sent an email to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, stating that the contract was awarded based on friend relationships, without regard to price or quality. In addition, Baran also pointed out that the Tesla Model S floor mat has a safety hazard. It may curl and affect the pedal. She has fired soon after.
In a statement on the case submitted to the media, Tesla claimed that Baran was fired because she used company time to engage in personal projects and illegally record conversations with colleagues. Before firing her, Tesla praised her work, including a design that she had done to perfect the battery pack.