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Local News - Local News - October 30, 2009
Downtown auto dealer fights ouster
Richardson challenges Ford Motor Co.'s move to dump her as operator

By Kim Crompton
Of the Journal of Business

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Jan Richardson, owner of Jaguar-Land Rover-Volvo Spokane, is fighting a move by Ford Motor Co. to terminate her as operator of the downtown dealership.

Richardson filed a lawsuit against Ford in Spokane County Superior Court earlier this month seeking a declaratory judgment upholding what she claims is her right to have the matter resolved through arbitration and asking for monetary damages for alleged breach of contract.

However, the Ford-dominated board of Spokane M...


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