Bishay v. Foreign Motors Inc.

These actions arise out of the refusal of the defendant Mercedes-Benz of North America, Inc. (Mercedes-Benz), to approve the plaintiff Bahig F. Bishay (Bishay) as a transferee of a Mercedes-Benz automobile dealer franchise in Boston. A judge in the Superior Court appointed a special master under Mass. R. Civ. P. 53, as amended, 386 Mass. 1237 (1982), who made findings and rulings on all claims asserted by Bishay. The Superior Court judge adopted the master’s report with only slight modification and rejected all claims asserted by Bishay. Final judgments were entered pursuant to Mass. R. Civ.…