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U.S. Supreme Court Dismisses GM’s Lawsuit Again Fiat Chrysler
April 24, 2023 // However, a federal judge in Michigan dismissed the lawsuit in 2020, ruling that FCA’s actions were not legally responsible for the alleged injuries suffered by GM. The 6th Court of Appeals of the United States Circuit based in Cincinnati agreed, stating that “even accepting GM’s theory as accurate, the chain of causality between FCA’s bribes and GM’s damage is still to FCA’s conduct had not legally caused GM’s alleged injuries he lower-grade court’s ruling is a blow to the automaker’s efforts to seek compensation from Stellantis. GM had demanded an estimated $6 billion in compensation from FCA. The decision is also a positive development for Stellantis, which has been embroiled in a separate federal investigation into corruption involving the UAW union. The research has resulted in at least 17 criminal convictions, including former FCA employees and two former UAW presidents, after FCA and UAW officials admitted that they had embezzled funds for their benefit.