GM's Efforts to Revive Fiat Chrysler Lawsuit Denied
August 14 2020 - 10:23AM
Dow Jones News
By Ben Foldy
A federal-court judge has denied a motion filed by General
Motors Co. to revive its civil-racketeering lawsuit against Fiat
Chrysler Automobiles NV, once again striking down a legal battle
between the two Detroit rivals.
GM earlier this month asked the court to reconsider tossing a
lawsuit filed last fall, alleging Fiat Chrysler bribed officials at
the United Auto Workers union to gain an advantage in
labor-contract negotiations.
GM at the time argued it had uncovered new evidence to support
claims that Fiat Chrysler was trying to weaken its larger
competitor through an alleged payoff scheme involving top UAW
officials.
Fiat Chrysler has called GM's lawsuit meritless and disputed the
allegations.
In a ruling Friday, Judge Paul Borman called GM's motion to
amend its earlier complaint "a prohibited attempt to have a second
bite at the apple."
Mr. Borman also ruled that the new allegations provided by GM,
claiming Fiat Chrysler had enlisted two top UAW officials to aid
the scheme and paid them off using offshore banking accounts, were
too speculative to warrant revisiting his previous decision to
dismiss the case.
(MORE TO COME)
Write to Ben Foldy at Ben.Foldy@wsj.com
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
August 14, 2020 11:08 ET (15:08 GMT)
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