Bahig F. Bishay v. American Isuzu Motors, Inc.

These consolidated cases involve a challenge to the termination of two motor vehicle dealerships. Through separate corporations of which he was the sole shareholder, plaintiff Bahig Bishay owned and operated a pair of Isuzu dealerships in Massachusetts. Defendant American Isuzu Motors Inc. (“Isuzu”), the American distributor of Isuzu motor vehicles, terminated the franchises in 2002 after the two corporations’ bankruptcy proceedings were converted from Chapter 11 to Chapter 7. In his own name and on his own behalf, Bishay brought suit, contending inter alia that Isuzu had violated the…