Tesla Shareholder Sued Elon Musk For Exaggerating. How It Ended Tesla Shareholder Sued Elon Musk For Exaggerating. How It Ended It used to be a snap for plaintiffs' lawyers to extract money from a company when its stock dropped suddenly. Elon Musk is the founder of US-based electric vehicle firm Tesla, Gregory Wochos et al v. Tesla Inc. et al Case #17-CV-05828 The Origin In 2017, Gregory Wochos, a clinical neuropsychologist in Wisconsin, owned a very pricey stock: Tesla. The company was losing hundreds of millions of dollars every quarter, but Wochos and other investors believed fervently...