A Nashville chancellor said she will rule within the week on whether a Predators co-owner can sue the NHL team's ownership group in a Tennessee court or must submit to arbitration.
Former team chairman David Freeman sued Predators Holdings LLC and current team chairman Tom Cigarran on June 23. Freeman claimed his original 48 percent stake in the team was unfairly diluted. He’s seeking $250 million in damages.
Freeman has been involved in other NHL arbitration cases over the past year, but the lawsuit argued NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman cannot be impartial because he has an obligation to protect the league.
At a Wednesday hearing, lawyers for Predators Holdings and the NHL defended the commissioner's impartiality and the league's constitution, which gives Bettman the right to handle disagreements.
