The Supreme Court on Monday turned away an appeal from General Motors Co. seeking to block dozens of lawsuits over faulty ignition switches that one plaintiffs’ attorney said could expose the company to billions of dollars in additional claims. The …
A Texas jury on Thursday found that a General Motors Co. ignition switch was not to blame for a 2011 accident that killed one driver and injured another, handing the carmaker its third courtroom win this year in a series …
A Pennsylvania judge reversed the involuntary manslaughter conviction of a woman Wednesday after determining a faulty General Motors ignition switch contributed to her crashing into a school bus and utility pole, killing her teenage passenger. LaKisha Ward-Green, 25, pleaded guilty …
Lawyers hired to compensate victims of General Motors’ faulty ignition switches have rejected 91 percent of the claims submitted. They finished determining which claims were eligible last week. The compensation fund led by lawyer Kenneth Feinberg approved 399 of the …
General Motors’ faulty ignition switches were responsible for at least 124 deaths and 266 injuries, according to a fund set up to compensate the victims. The fund, run by attorney Kenneth Feinberg, said Monday it has finished processing the 4,342 …
The families of at least 100 people who died in crashes caused by faulty General Motors ignition switches will be offered compensation by the company. The number revealed Monday by attorney Kenneth Feinberg, who was hired by GM to compensate …
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 Monday in an interview with Bloomberg …
General Motors Co on Wednesday said it does not plan to extend a Jan. 31 deadline to file claims in its faulty ignition switch compensation program, rejecting pleas from two U.S. senators to extend the cutoff. GM in a statement …
The families of two Wisconsin teenagers killed in a car crash involving a faulty General Motors ignition switch have dropped their lawsuit against the company and are seeking a settlement with the automaker. The Oct. 24, 2006, crash that killed …
Sixty-three death claims have been filed so far with the lawyer handling payments for those involved in wrecks caused by faulty General Motors ignition switches. A spokeswoman for compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg says he received 125 claims by Friday afternoon. …