Kia Motors America justifiably terminated a franchisee that repeatedly failed to staff the dealership's service and parts department adequately, the New Hampshire Supreme Court ruled.

More than two years after discovering an office manager and other employees allegedly embezzled more than $10 million, a Queens, N.Y., dealership group can now go after its former longtime accounting firm for the money, a federal judge has ruled.

A California Toyota dealership must defend a lawsuit accusing it of wrongfully refusing to install portable hand controls on vehicles that a customer paralyzed from the waist down wanted to test-drive.

A fired GM assembly plant repairman who told management about concerns with the facility's inspection process isn't protected by a federal whistleblower law because his report didn't relate to defects in the vehicles, a judge in Missouri has ruled.

A service customer has filed a lawsuit accusing Stateline Nissan in Rhode Island of loaning her car to another customer for a week. Pretrial discovery is underway.

A lender was within its rights in demanding that a dealership repurchase a contract after discovering that the buyer's daughter would pay for and use the vehicle, the California Court of Appeal ruled last month.

As dealer Danny Sauro and his two Maryland stores fell further out of trust, Nissan Motor Acceptance Corp. relayed a persistent message: Pay up. When it didn't, Nissan's captive sued the company for $4.5 million in floorplan default.

A three-mile relocation of one Mississippi Chevrolet store pushed another to sue General Motors when it realized the competing store bordered its market area. But the state's court of appeals has ruled that General Motors isn't to blame.

A Florida dealership agreed to pay $150,000 to a former assistant parts manager who wasn't considered for promotion because she is a woman.