{"id":498,"date":"2019-11-22T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-11-22T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/baronedefensefirm.lawblogger.net\/blog\/top-former-rico-prosecutor-keith-corbett-says-gms-case-against-chrysler-tough-to-prove\/"},"modified":"2025-01-08T14:40:12","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T18:40:12","slug":"top-former-rico-prosecutor-keith-corbett-says-gms-case-against-chrysler-tough-to-prove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.baronedefensefirm.com\/blog\/top-former-rico-prosecutor-keith-corbett-says-gms-case-against-chrysler-tough-to-prove\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Former RICO Prosecutor Keith Corbett Says GM\u2019s Case Against Chrysler Tough to Prove"},"content":{"rendered":"

Barone Defense Firm associate trial attorney Keith Corbett knows a thing or two about RICO<\/a> (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act).\u00a0 As a former Federal Prosecutor, he lived and breathed RICO for several decades, and even used this powerful and far reaching law to to bring down some of the most notorious crime families in Detroit.\u00a0 Now, he\u2019s applying that experience to help the news media make sense of the civil RICO lawsuit recently filed by General Motors (GM) against Fiat Chrysler (FCA).<\/p>\n

In a recent interview with Channel Four News<\/a>, Rod Meloni, Mr. Corbett opined that on the one hand GM\u2019s legal task is an easy one because in a civil case the RICO allegations need only be proved by a \u201cpreponderance of evidence<\/a>\u201d roughly meaning that 50.1% of the evidence is in GM’s favor.\u00a0 This is a far lower burden of proof then Corbett became accustomed to as a Federal prosecutor.\u00a0 When he took down such notorious crime families as the Zirrilli\u2019s, the Toco\u2019s and the Giacalone\u2019s, Corbett was bound by the Constitution\u2019s much higher burden of proof in criminal cases, beyond a reasonable doubt, which is the highest burden of proof in our entire legal system. By comparison, GM\u2019s task seems easy.<\/p>\n

On the other hand, according to Corbett, GM\u2019s case will rely on whether they can prove that the Fiat Chrysler CEO Marchionne was directly involved.\u00a0 Showing that a few miscreants working independently of the Fiat Chrysler CEO will not be enough. Partly because of this difficulty, the civil RICO litigation will take years to conclude.\u00a0 However, since both parties have \u201cdeep pockets\u201d there will be no shortage of funds to pay high-powered and influential lawyers like Corbett to get to the bottom of what happened. Unfortunately, according to Corbett, the United Auto Workers (UAW) could bear the brunt of the spoils of this auto war because if Fiat Chrysler goes down, 1000s of auto workers could find themselves without a job.<\/p>\n

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Barone Defense Firm associate trial attorney Keith Corbett knows a thing or two about RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act).\u00a0 As a former Federal Prosecutor, he lived and breathed RICO for several decades, and even used this powerful and far reaching law to to bring down some of the most notorious crime families in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-498","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-firm-news"],"yoast_head":"\nTop Former RICO Prosecutor Keith Corbett Says GM\u2019s Case Against Chrysler Tough to Prove<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"General Motors filed a civil RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act) lawsuit against Fiat Chrysler. 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