Eberhard v. Musk, No. CIV484400 (Cal. Super., San Mateo County filed May 26, 2009).
Status: Motion to dismiss denied (July 29, 2009).

Tesla Motors co-founder Martin Eberhard claims that company CEO Elon Musk libeled him in statements to reporters and postings on the company's blog about the car company's financial condition.

On July 29, the court preliminarily denied a defense motion to dismiss the case.

Links and Court Documents:
Docket: http://openaccess1.sanmateocourt.org/openaccess/civil/casereport.asp?casenumber=484400&courtcode=A&casetype=CIV&dsn=
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/07/29/financial/f144043D25.DTL