Supreme Court Rejects GM Use of Bankruptcy to Block Ignition Lawsuits April 24, 2017 By Andrew Chung General Motors Co.’s bid to block hundreds of lawsuits, potentially worth billions of dollars, over a deadly ignition-switch defect broke...
Judge Upholds GM Liability Shield from Some Ignition Claims April 16, 2015 By Jessica Dye and Nick Brown General Motors Co. will not have to face dozens of lawsuits accusing it of concealing an ignition-switch defect that led...
Judge Could Weaken GM’s Bankruptcy Liability Protection February 18, 2015 By Nick Brown A judge said on Tuesday that if General Motors Co is found to have violated car owners’ constitutional rights by...
GM Pays 130 Claimants Before Ignition Switch Filing Deadline February 2, 2015 By Linda Sandler General Motors Co.’s compensation chief for ignition-switch accidents paid 130 victims ahead of his Jan. 31 deadline, confirming 51 deaths...
Safety Group Seeks GM Bailout Information January 22, 2015 By Linda Sandler The U.S. Treasury’s role in shielding General Motors Co. from car lawsuits after a 2009 bailout of the automaker isn’t...
Judge Denies GM Bid to Merge California, New York Ignition Switch Suits November 28, 2014 By Linda Sandler General Motors Co. lost a bid to merge a California county prosecutor’s lawsuit over faulty ignition switches with customer cases...
Old vs. New GM at Issue in Ignition Switch Class Action November 10, 2014 By Linda Sandler General Motors Co. told a judge that claims in a $10 billion customer class-action over ignition flaws are “misleading” and...