Auto Group Files $150M Suit Against Ex-Biz Partner 

A family-owned automotive group has filed a lawsuit seeking as much as $150 million in damages from a group of business partners-turned defendants stemming from a soured deal to buy a trio of auto dealerships in the Houston area.  

Legacy Automotive Capital, The Reynolds and Reynolds Company, Tommy Barras and Benjamin Catanese are named as defendants in the lawsuit that was filed Thursday evening in the Houston Division of the business court. Tate Group Automotive alleges that its would-be business partners violated the terms of a nondisclosure agreement and used that private information the agreement gave them access to as a means to try and push it out of the business deal to purchase the dealerships.