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Dealer Wins $26 Million in Lawsuit: An Alabama jury awarded the damages to a black auto dealer who said General Motors Corp. caused his business to collapse by mistreating him. According to the verdict, Charles Bell of Tuskegee, Ala., is to receive $6 million as compensation for his losses and $20 million in punitive damages from GM. The jury decision is aimed at GM and its financing arm, General Motors Acceptance Corp. The decision followed five weeks of proceedings in the second jury trial of Bell’s lawsuit. The first ended last September in a mistrial. GM indicated it will appeal.