GM Urges Appeals Court to Revive Suit Over Fiat-Union Bribes

General Motors Co. urged an appeals court to revive its lawsuit against rival Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV over what it says was a scheme involving bribes to union official designed to hurt the U.S. automaker.

GM’s lawyers told a three-judge panel Thursday that Fiat should face the suit because it paid off United Auto Workers leaders from 2009 to 2015 to secure advantages that were refused to competitors such as GM and cost GM billions of dollars. A judge tossed the case last year.

Fiat “conspired with the UAW to get a deal that was unfavorable to us and injured ...