GM Uses Social Media, Phone Calls to Get Recalled Cars Fixed October 8, 2014 By TOM KRISHER Eight months after General Motors began recalling more than 2 million cars because of a deadly ignition-switch defect, less than...
GM’s Victim Compensation Plan a Corporate Settlement Mill? July 23, 2014 By Denise Johnson Earlier this year, General Motors Co. hired Kenneth Feinberg, a victim compensation expert, to oversee payment to those injured in...
GM to Pay All Claims From Faulty Ignition Switches June 30, 2014 By Tim Higgins and Linda Sandler General Motors Co. will spend whatever it takes to compensate victims of accidents in Cobalts, Ions and other cars with...
GM Faces Punitive Damages Over Ignition Switch Defect June 11, 2014 By Linda Sandler General Motors Co.’s lawyers have said the carmaker will face punitive damages over ignition switch defects if its customers go...
GM Fires 15 Execs, Claims Incompetence, Negligence Caused Delayed Recall June 6, 2014 By TOM KRISHER and DEE-ANN DURBIN GM CEO Mary Barra said 15 employees have been fired and five others have been disciplined over the company’s failure...
GM Launches Crash Victim Compensation Program June 6, 2014 General Motors says it will launch a compensation program for crash victims or their families as a result of faulty...
Michigan Driverless Car Test Site Gets Industry Partners May 7, 2014 By DAVID RUNK General Motors, Ford and Toyota are joining the University of Michigan in establishing a testing site for driverless cars that...
GM Takes Recall Fight to Familiar Turf in Bankruptcy Court May 2, 2014 By Linda Sandler General Motors Co. is bringing its fight against owners of recalled cars to its former turf: the Manhattan bankruptcy court...
New Defect Investigation Over GM’s Impala Braking System April 23, 2014 By Jeff Plungis U.S. regulators are investigating whether a General Motors Co. car’s automatic-braking system kicked in unexpectedly at 40 miles per hour,...
GM Team to Focus on Safety During Vehicle Development April 16, 2014 By Tim Higgins General Motors Co. Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra, under fire for the company’s slow response to flawed ignition switches linked...