The new ruling by Borman, who last month had dismissed GM’s original lawsuit “with prejudice” and has described the entire case as a “waste of time,” apparently leaves GM with few options except to appeal the judge’s ruling to the U.S. It does not support amending or altering the judgment issued in this case,” Borman wrote. GM’s newly discovered evidence is not of such a nature as would probably produce a different result. “GM’s newly discovered evidence does not create a reasonable inference that FCA was bribing individuals to infiltrate GM as part of a scheme to directly harm GM, and, therefore, does not change the Court’s conclusion that GM’s alleged injuries were not proximately caused by FCA’s alleged RICO violations. (GM claims FCA used secret foreign bank accounts for bribe money.) Former FCA CEO Marchionne, now deceased, and former UAW President Dennis Williams were linked to a bribery scheme in an affidavit by General Motors.
In addition, the affidavits GM used to support its case did not contain sufficient evidence to require a fresh look at the entire case, Borman said. Judge Paul Borman, who also threw out the original suit, said in a new ruling that GM’s “amended complaint” that FCA’s effort to manipulate UAW officers were the “direct cause” of any harm inflicted on GM as required by the federal RICO statute fell short. alleging that FCA had conspired with officials of the United Auto Workers to harm GM.
A judge threw out GM’s amended complaint against FCA alleging it bribed union leaders and auto executives, like Alphons Iacobelli, right, and UAW VP General Holiefield, left, to gain a competitive advantage.Ī federal judge in Detroit tossed out General Motors’ bid to amend its original lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V.
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