Posted on July 27th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
The federally mandated arbitration process for dealers terminated by Chrysler Group during its bankruptcy has ended with the automaker prevailing in the majority of hearings. Of 108 decisions, the arbitrator sided with Chrysler in 76. The remaining dealers, along with about 50 other dealers were or will be offered letters of intent. Chrysler spokesman Mike [...]
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Posted on May 12th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Chrysler Group’s termination of Manual Dodge in Richardson, Texas, was upheld in arbitration. The hearing was held in Dallas last week. In this case, the arbitrator sided with Chrysler, determining that no dealer in a market is preferable to a poorly performing dealer. In a statement, Chrysler said, “There is no denying that Chrysler Group’s [...]
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Posted on May 6th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
U.S. Bankruptcy Court Arthur Gonzalez has unsealed the performance score spreadsheets for about 250 former Chrysler dealers fighting their terminations in arbitration. They will also get to see the scores for the retained Chrysler, Jeep and Dodge dealerships to which they were compared. The dealerships can use the spreadsheets as they prepare for their arbitration [...]
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Posted on May 5th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
Deland Dodge of Deland, Florida became the first dealer to win reinstatement of its franchise after appealing to an independent arbitrator. Deland was one of the 789 dealers terminated by Chrysler during its bankruptcy last year. Based on the decision from arbitrator Amy Dean, a retired Florida state judge, Chrysler now has seven days to [...]
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Posted on April 30th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
On the first anniversary of its predecessor’s bankruptcy filing, Chrysler Group LLC won the first of hundreds of arbitration cases as its termination of Joe Kidd’s Dodge franchise in Cincinnati was upheld. According to Tom James, general manager of the dealership, the arbitrator sided with Chrysler’s Genesis plan to unite all four brands under one [...]
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Posted on March 27th, 2010 • by Bill Cawthon
In the next few days, Chrysler will send out letters offering reinstatement to 50 former dealers who have appealed to have their termination cases heard by an arbitrator. This is in addition to 36 offers of reinstatement that have already been extended to dealers. The offers are focused on dealerships in areas where reinstating a [...]
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