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Automakers Frustrated Consumers Ignore Recall Repairs
Apr 29 2015 // Even with historic levels of recalled vehicles in 2014, with General Motors Co. ignition switches and exploding Takata Corp. air bags leading to deaths, U.S. regulators say consumers don’t always get the...
Judge Upholds GM Liability Shield from Some Ignition Claims
Apr 16 2015 // General Motors Co. will not have to face dozens of lawsuits accusing it of concealing an ignition-switch defect that led to the recall of 2.6 million vehicles, a U.S. bankruptcy judge ruled on Wednesday. GM had argued it...
Bankruptcy Judge May Lift Shield for GM Over Ignition Switch Claims
Mar 27 2015 // A bankruptcy judge told General Motors Co. six years ago it didn’t have to worry about lawsuits over cars made before its $49.5 billion government bailout. Last month, the same judge said he wasn’t so sure...
GM Settles Original Ignition Switch Death Claim
Mar 13 2015 // General Motors Co. settled a lawsuit over the death of a 29-year-old woman that helped trigger the recall of 2.59 million cars with faulty ignition switches, lawyers for her family said. Brooke Melton, 29, died in a March...
Investors Press Liability Case Against GM Directors Over Faulty Ignitions
Mar 11 2015 // General Motors Co. investors urged a judge to let their lawsuit proceed against the automaker’s board that they say was asleep at the switch while the company produced cars with faulty ignition systems that led to...
Confirmed GM Ignition Switch Death Toll Rises to 57
Feb 24 2015 // The death toll from crashes involving General Motors cars with defective ignition switches has climbed to 57. The total is one more than last week. It was posted Feb. 23 on an Internet site by compensation expert Kenneth...
Large Product Liability Awards Made Comeback in 2014
Feb 19 2015 // Huge jury verdicts against companies over fatal flaws in their products made a comeback last year, which may foretell more bad news for carmakers with defective parts. Absent for a decade, billion-dollar verdicts returned...
Judge Could Weaken GM’s Bankruptcy Liability Protection
Feb 18 2015 // A judge said on Tuesday that if General Motors Co is found to have violated car owners’ constitutional rights by hiding ignition-switch defects during its bankruptcy, he would consider narrowing the legal protections...
Smartcars Pose Cyber Risk to Drivers, Senator Warns
Feb 10 2015 // Automakers are adding wireless technologies into vehicles without enough protection to keep hackers from interfering the operation of a car or stealing personal information, according to a report by U.S. Senator Edward...
GM Facing 104 Lawsuits Plus Class Action Tied to Car Defects
Feb 5 2015 // General Motors Co., which has come under media, congressional and courtroom scrutiny over fatalities caused by flawed ignition switches, is defending 104 death and injury lawsuits brought by those who blame accidents on...
GM’s OnStar Ready to Offer Progressive’s Usage-Based Insurance
Feb 4 2015 // Progressive has partnered with OnStar Corp. to bring its usage-based insurance program, Snapshot, to OnStar customers. Starting this summer, buyers of 2016 and most 2015 General Motors vehicles will have the option to have...
GM Pays 130 Claimants Before Ignition Switch Filing Deadline
Feb 2 2015 // General Motors Co.’s compensation chief for ignition-switch accidents paid 130 victims ahead of his Jan. 31 deadline, confirming 51 deaths to date, out of a total of 4,180 claims. Lawyer Kenneth Feinberg, speaking...
Deaths Due to GM Faulty Ignitions at 45
Jan 26 2015 // At least 45 people have died and 68 have been injured in crashes involving General Motors cars with defective ignition switches, according to Attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM to compensate victims. As of...
Safety Group Seeks GM Bailout Information
Jan 22 2015 // The U.S. Treasury’s role in shielding General Motors Co. from car lawsuits after a 2009 bailout of the automaker isn’t confidential and should be made public, the Center for Auto Safety told a federal...
U.S. Auto Recalls Set Record at 60 Million for Year
Dec 21 2014 // U.S. automobile recalls surpassed the 60 million mark for the first time in a single year, largely because of the rush to prevent more deaths from defective General Motors Co. ignition switches and Takata Corp. air...
Judge Denies GM Bid to Merge California, New York Ignition Switch Suits
Nov 28 2014 // General Motors Co. lost a bid to merge a California county prosecutor’s lawsuit over faulty ignition switches with customer cases pending in New York that make similar accusations about the carmaker’s conduct...
Texas Woman Acquitted in Fiancé’s Death; GM Ignition-Switch Blamed
Nov 25 2014 // A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the death of her fiancé in a 2004 accident involving a since-recalled General Motors Saturn Ion won a reversal of her conviction. Candice Anderson, who was...
Arizona Joins Wave of Suits in $3 Billion GM Ignition-Switch Fraud
Nov 20 2014 // Arizona became the first state to join the wave of litigation against General Motors Co. over faulty ignition switches, claiming the company misled consumers about the safety of its cars and defrauded them of $3...
Victims Stymied in Access to Others’ Air Bag Liability Settlements
Nov 18 2014 // Confidential settlements over defective Takata Corp. air bags are sealing off relevant information that other victims could use to pursue injury claims. The accords make financial sense for the settling parties, but Takata...
GM Emails Show Ignition Switch Fix Began 2 Months Before Recall
Nov 12 2014 // The disclosure of December e-mails by General Motors Co. shows that the company was working on a fix for its faulty ignition switch in December almost two months before it officially recalled the part, which has since been...
