In the ongoing conflict between two of Detroit’s Big Three, General Motors wants its racketeering lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to be reinstated.
GM infamously sued FCA for racketeering last year, claiming that the latter bribed United Auto Workers (UAW) officials to corrupt labor talks to its advantage. The General claims this cost it billions of dollars.
In June, Judge Paul Borman, a federal district court judge in Detroit, threw out the lawsuit and ordered GM chief executive Mary Barra and FCA chief executive Mike Manley to meet and resolve the issue without legal counsel. GM wasn’t too fond of that decision and in July, asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit to vacate the judge’s ruling. In August, it also asked the U.S. federal judge in Detroit to reinstate the RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) lawsuit, but was rejected.
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Not one to go down without a fight, GM has once again filed an appeal to have the lawsuit reinstated, this time with the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, Reuters reports.
In August, GM claimed the alleged scheme from FCA was “much broader and deeper than previously suspected or revealed,” claiming its rival automaker used “various accounts in foreign countries… to control corrupt individuals by compensating and corrupting those central involved in the scheme to harm GM.” General Motors is seeking “substantial damages” that could total at least $6 billion, according to one analyst.
FCA has previously said that it “will continue to defend itself vigorously and pursue all available remedies in response to GM’s attempts to resurrect this groundless lawsuit.”
