Eric Freedman [email protected] See All Staff Page Recent Stories Ex-dealership worker says in gender discrimination suit he was harassed, belittled by female supervisors Feldman Chevrolet in suburban Detroit faces allegations that management failed to act on a former business development center employee's complaint. Technician accuses Honda store of age discrimination, retaliation The lawsuit alleges the new owners of North Hollywood Honda terminated or forced the resignation of about a dozen of its 16 to 20 technicians, most of them over 40, after it acquired the store last June. N.Y. dealer sues Stellantis for diverting inventory, giving rivals ‘secret discounts' The lawsuit claims Stellantis is trying to starve the store of inventory in retaliation for a previous legal victory. Fired service adviser alleges discrimination, FMLA violation A former service adviser was fired while on medical leave and filed a suit claiming discrimination by a Michigan dealership group. Former parts and service manager alleges age discrimination Mechanic says he was fired during quarantine A Georgia dealership illegally fired a technician while he was on medical leave for COVID-19, a federal suit alleges. Texas court knocks down dealer complaint about discretionary allocations After nearly a decade of litigation over whether Hyundai discriminated in awarding discretionary allocations in San Antonio, a Texas court says no. Arizona dealership group gets green light to pursue suit over raid by state AG A federal judge in Phoenix has given the green light to Mark Enterprises to pursue a lawsuit against state attorney general agents after a raid in October 2019. Legal lane Deployment of Mercedes-Benz airbag leads to a negligence suit. Attorney: Work out the details to avoid legal woes A settlement over underpayment of wages and overtime between a dealership group, a store and a now-defunct vendor reflects a legal and financial dilemma confronting dealerships that rely on outside contractors for fixed ops services. N.J. dealership group sued by former employee for hostile 'all-boys club' workplace The suit alleges a wide range of improprieties, including management's failure to punish her finance department white male counterpart for forging customer signatures. The dealer group didn't respond to requests for comment. Kia granted injunction to halt sale of California dealership Kia America Inc. won a preliminary injunction against Rally Auto Group and would-be purchasers Alam Khan and his Dalia Auto Group. A federal judge in California found a likelihood of consumer confusion if Rally and Dalia continued to use Kia's trademark and other intellectual property. Dealership not liable in accident involving loaner A North Carolina dealership can't be held liable for an accident involving a service customer who was driving a complimentary loaner, a federal appeals court has ruled. Ex-fixed ops boss says he was fired for reporting harassment A former fixed operations director has accused a Maryland car dealership of illegally terminating him in retaliation for reporting sexual harassment of female employees by the male general manager. Court ruling against Honda dealership’s obstructionist landlords upheld The landlords of a proposed Honda dealership engaged in extortion and wrongfully delayed construction of the store for more than two years, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled. Load More