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GM Seeks to Extend Win Streak in Texas Ignition-Switch Trial

General Motors Co. has put two civil trials over its defective ignitions behind it without a loss. A third trial started Tuesday in what could be one of its toughest cases: a Texas teenager arrested for manslaughter in a death …

Settlement Cancels Third GM Trial Over Father of Five’s Death

After two straight victories in test trials over a deadly ignition switch defect in millions of vehicles,  General Motors Co. settled a case that was set set to go before a jury next month, avoiding potentially emotional testimony about the death …

Another GM Ignition Switch Trial Set to Start

Weeks after the first New York trial over General Motors’ faulty ignition switch controversy ended prematurely, a new one is set to start. The Manhattan federal court trial that begins on Monday is meant to define legal boundaries that may …

Judge Stays GM Ignition-Switch Lawsuits

A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday put on hold dozens of lawsuits accusing General Motors Co of concealing an ignition-switch defect while the plaintiffs in those cases appeal an earlier ruling that found their cases were barred. GM had argued …

West Virginia Man Sues GM Over Pregnant Wife’s Crash Death

A West Virginia man has filed a lawsuit against General Motors Corp., claiming a defective ignition switch in a Chevrolet Cobalt caused a 2006 accident that killed his pregnant wife. The Charleston Daily Mail reports Jason Vest of Princeton filed …