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In re: General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation

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Case Number:

1:14-md-02543

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Other Fraud

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Jesse M. Furman

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  1. October 03, 2017

    GM Fights To Be In Bankruptcy Trial Over Revoked Defect Deal

    General Motors Co. argued Tuesday it should get to participate in an upcoming trial over whether a vehicle defect settlement with car purchasers and accident victims that was never signed by a GM bankruptcy trust is enforceable, as the deal could require the manufacturer to hand over $1 billion in company equity.

  2. September 13, 2017

    GM Trust Says Ditching $15M Defect Settlement Was Best Path

    A General Motors bankruptcy trust handling creditor claims on Tuesday defended its last-minute decision to back out of a $15 million settlement with car purchasers and accident victims over alleged vehicle defects, saying it made more sense to accept GM's offer to pay defense litigation costs.

  3. September 12, 2017

    GM Plaintiffs Move To Enforce Revoked $15M Bankruptcy Deal

    A group of car owners and claimholders alleging damages from defects in old General Motors' vehicles asked a New York federal court Monday to enforce a $15 million settlement with a bankruptcy trust that was all but signed before the manufacturer allegedly undermined the deal.

  4. August 17, 2017

    GM Accused Of Sabotaging $15M Deal With Consumers

    General Motors Co. has been accused of secretly scheming to "callously" undermine a potential $15 million settlement between its bankruptcy trust and thousands of consumers, including those involved in the ongoing ignition switch multidistrict litigation, according to a letter filed in New York federal bankruptcy court Wednesday.

  5. August 10, 2017

    Judge To Reconsider Some Claims In GM Ignition Switch MDL

    A New York federal judge said Wednesday that he will reconsider claims brought by people who bought General Motors vehicles but sold them prior to any recalls, finding he painted with "too broad a brush" when dismissing all such claims from the ignition switch defect multidistrict litigation in late June.

  6. July 27, 2017

    GM Slams Bid To Reinstate Pre-Recall Damages In Switch MDL

    General Motors on Wednesday asked a New York federal court to uphold an order that dismissed damages claims by drivers who owned its cars but sold them off before news of the alleged design defects broke, saying the drivers' attempts to undo the ruling make no sense.

  7. July 19, 2017

    GM Ignition Switch Didn't Cause Driver's Crash, Jury Finds

    A New York federal jury found Wednesday that a General Motors ignition switch didn't cause an Arizona driver to rear-end another car in Tucson morning traffic, giving the automaker a win in the first of six planned bellwether trials.

  8. July 18, 2017

    GM 'Concealment' Still In Full Force, Jury Hears In Closings

    In closing arguments Tuesday in a federal bellwether trial against General Motors over allegedly defective ignition switches, an Arizona driver argued that the trial itself has been part and parcel of a cover-up and "concealment" strategy that GM faithfully follows to this day.

  9. July 17, 2017

    GM Expert Says Switch Spec Failure Doesn't Equal Danger

    General Motors brought an engineering expert to the stand Monday in a bellwether trial over its ignition switches who testified that even if a switch fails specifications, that's not necessarily something that consumers should worry about.

  10. July 11, 2017

    GM Targets Revised Ignition Switch In New Bellwether Round

    General Motors began a new round of federal trials Tuesday over 2000s-era ignition switches that could cut cars' power without warning, telling a Manhattan jury that a modified switch was a different animal from its more infamous predecessor and had no role in an Arizona man's crash.