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U.S. Appeals Court Considers GM Bankruptcy Protection Rulings

Attorneys for customers suing General Motors Co over faulty ignition switches urged a U.S. appeals court on Tuesday to throw out bankruptcy court rulings that they say shield the company from lawsuits potentially worth billions of dollars. A panel of …

GM Victim Compensation Fund Links More Claims to Faulty Switch

A program to compensate the victims of a faulty ignition switch in General Motors Co vehicles found last week that the part was linked to two additional deaths and four injuries, bringing the total number of eligible claims to 67, …

GM Uses Social Media, Phone Calls to Get Recalled Cars Fixed

Eight months after General Motors began recalling more than 2 million cars because of a deadly ignition-switch defect, less than half the owners have gotten their vehicles fixed. At first, the problem was a shortage of parts. But now the …

Texas Woman Charged in 2004 Fatal Crash Sues GM

A Texas woman who pleaded guilty to a criminal charge in a 2004 car crash that killed her fiance is suing General Motors Co. Candice Anderson is asking a federal judge in Tyler to set aside a $75,000 settlement in …