A group of African-American and Hispanic dealers, both current and
former participants in the General Motors Minority Dealer Development
Program, have filed suit against General Motors in the Federal District
Court for the District of New Jersey. The dealers seek redress for the
actions of GM which have caused them severe financial harm and
irreparable damage to their professional reputations. Additionally, the
plaintiffs are demanding that GM Minority Dealer Development Program be
restructured so that it provides GM’s minority dealers with a more
equitable business structure. The filing petitions the Court to
grant Class Action status so that other aggrieved dealer/operators in
the Minority Dealer program can be fairly compensated for losses
suffered under the administration by GM of an egregious and one-sided
Program. The GM Minority Dealer Development Program as currently
designed benefits GM and only GM to the detriment and grievous harm to
minority operators lured by GM into a false and misleading
program. This is not the first time this so-called Minority
Development program has been attacked by a minority dealer/operator. In
2002 GM settled an action brought by Vadia & Garcia
dealer/operators of Dadeland Chevrolet which alleged similar unfair and
discriminatory practices by certain of the management of GM in the
administration of the Minority Dealer Development Program. [more]
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