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Labor/Employment

Jun. 2, 2017

SpaceX defense portrays suing ex-technician as mentally unstable

Beginning their direct defense against a lawsuit by a former technician who says he was fired for whistleblowing about sloppy rocket-part testing procedures, attorneys for Space Exploration Technologies Corp. doubled down Thursday on their strategy of portraying the ex-employee to the jury as paranoid.

By Andy Serbe
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES — Beginning their direct defense against a lawsuit by a former technician who says he was fired for whistleblowing about sloppy rocket-part testing procedures, attorneys for Space Exploration Technologies Corp. doubled down Thursday on their strategy of portraying the ex-employee to the jury as mentally unstable.

A forensic psychiatrist testified to his op...

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