OTHER NEWS - Nov. 16, 1992

GM Settles Ohio Dealer Suit: General Motors Corp. has paid $7.5 million to a former Ohio auto dealer who said he was forced to close his business because the company didn’t give him enough cars to sell. Daniel Nester, who owned Earl Evans Chevrolet in Painesville, sued GM in 1982, contending that the auto maker gave more popular models to a nearby Chevrolet dealership that was largely owned by GM. The car maker did not admit wrongdoing in settling the case, a spokesman said. “The case dragged on in the courts for over 10 years and had the prospect of continuing,” GM spokesman John Mueller said. “We decided to end it and get on with our business.” In 1989, a state jury ordered GM to pay Nester $5.3 million. A judge doubled that amount under a provision of Ohio’s franchiser-franchisee regulations. GM appealed the award.