Bigland plans to take legal action against FCA in December

The head of US sales Reid Bigland withdrew the lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler Automobiles as a procedural move aimed at giving a federal judge the authority to rule on his complaint request. He plans to close the case next month, according to court documents and his lawyer. Bigland, 52-year-old remains employed by FCA, a spokesman confirmed. The case, filed in June, was filed on October 29 at the request of Bigland, according to court documents. The manager of Fiat Chrysler intends to present an amended case in December, after a 180-day waiting period for the complaint to the US administration for occupational safety and health has expired. His lawyer reported it.

December 10th, if OSHA has not issued a verdict on the complaint, the jurisdiction moves to court. US District Judge Gershwin Drain said last month. Drain refused to allow Bigland to modify his complaint to add a complaint under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act informers' protection provision because the waiting period had not expired. But he agreed to close the case without prejudice, which allows Bigland to solve it.

The suit alleged that FCA had made Bigland a scapegoat for the company's sales practices that were being investigated by federal officials. He said the company avenged on him for cooperating with an investigation of the US Securities and Exchange Commission on the FCA's sales irregularities, which would have reduced its pay by around 90 percent, starting in March. The company plans to use any compensation withheld to pay penalties or agreements reached with the SEC, according to the lawsuit filed with the Michigan court in Oakland County. In September, FCA accepted to pay $ 40 million to clear SEC expenses. This is because his sales reports had tricked investors.