Distributors file lawsuit against Sino Swearingen
Nine U.S.

Nine U.S. and two non-U.S. companies that signed up to be distributors of the SJ30-2 are suing Sino Swearingen for damages after receiving a letter from the San Antonio-based company informing all 22 worldwide distributors that their current agreements with the company are no longer valid and giving them rights of first refusal to reapply as distributors under much stricter arrangements.

The action has thrown the company’s distributorship, sales and service programs into disarray. And the move couldn’t have come at a worse time in the turbulent history of Sino Swearingen. Not only has the SJ30-2’s development program stretched out more than a decade, the company is reeling from the April 26 fatal crash of one of its two conforming prototypes.

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