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Detailing company falsified time records, Labor Dept. says

A company that provides detailing, valet, car wash and driver services to about 140 dealerships in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania failed to pay overtime to its employees and falsified time records for years, the U.S. Labor Department contends in a civil suit.
Gender discrimination alleged at Lexus store

A Brentwood, Tenn., dealership subjected its only female service adviser to "different terms and conditions of employment" than male co-workers and fired her because of her gender, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has charged in a federal lawsuit.
Virginia store fights racial discrimination lawsuit

A former service adviser filed a racial discrimination suit accusing the store of firing him in retaliation for his complaint about Confederate material on a service technician's tool cabinet.
Court upholds pay benefits for injured service manager

The Virginia Court of Appeals in June upheld compensation benefits for a service manager who was injured when he stepped on a plastic automotive fastener in a service bay.
Service customer denied award

The Texas Court of Appeals has refused to reinstate a $25,236 jury verdict in favor of a service customer whose 2006 Chevrolet Equinox was hit by another vehicle backing out of a service bay.
$4M settlement for robocall violation against subprime auto lender 'too small'

Flagship Credit Acceptance faces a setback in an ongoing class action over robocalls placed to more than 300,000 consumers.
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Ford goes to court to rescind original GT sale in Canada

The rare sports car was resold at more than twice the price to a Hong Kong buyer within weeks of its original sale in Canada, despite  a two-year hold agreement, the automaker alleges in a lawsuit. 
Calif. Kia store settles with motorcyclist hurt in crash

A Southern California Kia store has reached a confidential settlement after a jury awarded $21,503,420 to a motorcyclist hurt in a crash caused by a negligent technician.
Court: Loose lug nuts didn't violate state repair law

The Michigan Court of Appeals threw out an award of $68,700 in attorney fees against a dealership whose service department failed to properly tighten the lug nuts on a wheel during a tire rotation.
Pa. dealers, OEMs can bargain on warranty labor rates

Dealerships in Pennsylvania that do warranty work can contractually negotiate with automakers to get more favorable labor reimbursement rates than those required by state law, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled.
Court rejects privacy suit

A federal appeals court has torpedoed allegations that SiriusXM violated the Driver's Privacy Protection Act by using information collected in a dealership management system to solicit subscriptions.
Court dismisses service customer slip-and-fall suit

A service customer who fell during a rainy-day visit to a Chevrolet dealership in Louisiana can’t pursue his personal injury lawsuit, the state Court of Appeal ruled.
Legal lane

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.
N.Y. group given OK to sue ex-accountants

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.
Dealership ordered to defend disability suit

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.