Latest General Motors Headlines
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Maine Woman Sues GM, Claims Burn From Heated Car Seat
Aug 19 2014 // A Maine woman who says she suffered a third-degree burn from a heated seat in Chevrolet Suburban has sued General Motors. Emma Verrill says in her suit filed in U.S. District Court in Portland, Maine, that GM failed to...
GM Loses Bid to Dismiss Ignition-Switch Defect Cover-Up Claim
Aug 10 2014 // General Motors Co. has lost its bid to dismiss a lawsuit accusing the automaker of concealing critical evidence about a faulty ignition switch linked to the death of a Georgia woman in 2010. During a hearing on Saturday,...
China Car Parts Plant Explosion Kills 69, 187 Injured
Aug 4 2014 // A suspected dust explosion at an automotive parts factory in eastern China that supplies General Motors killed at least 69 people and injured more than 180 others, most with severe burns, state media reported Sunday. It...
GM Victims Fund Opens Today; Hundreds of Ignition Switch Claims Expected
Aug 1 2014 // Several hundred claims are expected to be filed at the start of a GM-financed program being launched Friday to compensate victims of a faulty ignition switch on some of its vehicles, lawyers say. General Motors Co. in...
GM Backs Ban on Renting Recalled Cars
Jul 21 2014 // General Motors Co. is the first big automaker to support legislation barring rental-car companies from renting or selling vehicles subject to a recall. GM’s support was announced by bill author Sen. Charles Schumer,...
GM Indiana Plant Explosion Kills 1 Worker, Injures 8
Jul 2 2014 // General Motors Co., the largest U.S. automaker, said one person died and eight people were taken to the hospital after a “small” chemical explosion at a factory near Fort Wayne, Indiana. Emergency officials...
Google, Detroit Take Different Routes on Driverless Cars
Jul 1 2014 // In 2012, a small team of Google Inc. engineers and business staffers met with several of the world’s largest car makers to discuss partnerships to build self-driving cars. In one meeting, both sides were enthusiastic...
GM CEO Barra: More Recalls Possible
Jun 26 2014 // General Motors Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Thursday more recalls are possible as the No. 1 U.S. automaker grapples with a series of safety problems that have prompted the recall of 20 million cars. Barra’s...
What Is GM’s Plan to Compensate Ignition-Switch Victims?
Jun 19 2014 // General Motors Co. may end up compensating many more people than the families of 13 victims it has linked to a faulty ignition switch, as it considers waiving key legal defenses in order to resolve injury and death cases...
GM Looks to Settle Ignition Lawsuits, Avoid Punitive Damages
Jun 10 2014 // General Motors Co.’s lawyers have said the carmaker will face punitive damages over ignition switch defects if its customers go to trial, creating an urgent need to settle lawsuits. The automaker, which has said it...
GM Report Helps Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Build Negligence Case
Jun 9 2014 // Plaintiffs’ lawyers scouring General Motors Co.’s report on its handling of faulty ignition switches that have been tied to 13 deaths say they are finding details that could bolster their negligence cases. Last...
GM Report Uncovers 11 Years of Mishandling Ignition Switch
Jun 5 2014 // A 325-page report on General Motors Co.’s mishandling of a deadly ignition switch details missteps by employees and officials over 11 years – from lawyers who failed to heed warnings the company could be liable...
GM Top Executives Did Not Know About Ignition Defect: WSJ on GM Internal Probe
Jun 5 2014 // An internal probe of General Motors Co.’s delay in recalling cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths is expected to conclude there was no concerted coverup and clear senior management of...
Used Car Dealer Seeks Damages For Inventory of ‘Defective’ GM Vehicles
Jun 3 2014 // An independent used-car dealer in Arkansas is seeking compensation from General Motors Co. for being saddled with “highly dangerous vehicles” that include cars not yet recalled over ignition-switch...
GM Now Links 47 Crashes to Ignition Failure
May 27 2014 // General Motors Co. has now linked 47 crashes to small cars with defective ignition switches while saying it hasn’t increased the number of deaths tied to the accidents. “We have done a thorough analysis of all...
‘Old GM’ Customer Loses Appeal Over Bankruptcy
May 23 2014 // A bankruptcy judge’s decision that a General Motors Co. customer failed to state a valid claim against the estate of so-called Old GM was upheld by a federal judge in Manhattan. Such rulings don’t get...
Carmakers, Regulators Looking Into Flaws in Air Bag Technology
May 16 2014 // When Ford Motor Co. recalled 600,000 sport-utility vehicles last week, it became the fourth carmaker this year to acknowledge an issue with malfunctioning air bags. So far in 2014, automakers in the U.S. have recalled...
U.S. Rejects Call to Remove Recalled GM Cars from Road
May 8 2014 // The U.S. Department of Transportation has rebuffed a call by two Democratic senators to advise owners of 2.6 million recalled General Motors cars to stop driving them until they are repaired. In letters sent on Tuesday to...
GM Negotiating with Claimants in Ignition Switch Lawsuits
May 5 2014 // A mediator for General Motors has begun negotiations about settling more than 300 claims related to a deadly ignition switch problem in some older model small cars. Kenneth Feinberg confirmed in an interview with The...
Sen. Blumenthal Wants Former GM CEOs to Testify on Recalls
Apr 25 2014 // Former General Motors Co chief executives should be called to testify to the U.S. Congress about the company’s slow response to defective ignition switches in cars that have been linked to at least 13 deaths, a...
