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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. July 10, 2017

    New GM Bellwethers Turn To Fight Over Revised Ignition Part

    As GM starts a second phase of bellwether trials over its deadly ignition-switch defect, the company will have its first chance to address claims that even a revised version of the switch was defective, in a case that could put a dollar value on an area of liability virtually ignored in the first round.

  2. July 03, 2017

    Judge Narrows Switch Evidence In GM Bellwether Trial

    The New York federal judge overseeing GM ignition switch litigation has said that a driver in an upcoming bellwether can argue that the switch in his car was as unreasonably dangerous as a previous version of the switch, but with some limits on what evidence he can show.

  3. June 23, 2017

    GM Deal Could Settle Hundreds Of Ignition Switch Claims

    General Motors LLC has agreed to a private, confidential settlement that could resolve hundreds of claims against the automaker over an allegedly defective ignition switch, GM's lawyers said in a letter to the New York federal judge overseeing the multidistrict litigation.

  4. June 20, 2017

    Fraud Claims Trimmed In GM Ignition Bellwether Trial

    The New York federal judge overseeing GM ignition switch litigation on Tuesday axed fraud claims in a driver's upcoming bellwether trial, since he bought his 2009 Chevrolet HHR secondhand from a dealership, but declined to nix his claims that the automaker failed to warn of the alleged defect.

  5. June 05, 2017

    Driver Says GM's Expert Not Qualified To Testify At Trial

    A driver in an upcoming bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over GM ignition switch defects told a New York judge on Friday that a biomedical engineering expert shouldn't be allowed to opine on his knee injury, saying that the testimony isn't based on sound expertise and the expert isn't even a medical doctor.

  6. May 19, 2017

    Drivers Lose Bid To Block Subpoena In GM Ignition MDL

    A class action news website can't ditch a subpoena issued by General Motors in multidistrict litigation over allegedly defective ignition switches, a New York federal judge ruled Friday, shooting down arguments from the drivers bringing the suit that the requested communications are privileged.

  7. May 17, 2017

    GM Defends Website Subpoena Class Action In Ignition MDL

    GM fought back on Tuesday against efforts to quash a subpoena it issued to a class action website for information about ads placed there by attorneys representing drivers suing the automaker over allegedly defective ignition switches, saying the information is both relevant and not privileged.

  8. May 12, 2017

    GM Can't Have Privileged Info In Switch Suit, Judge Told

    GM doesn't have the right to information from a class action news website because it includes privileged communications between drivers and their eventual lawyers, the attorneys representing a class of drivers suing over allegedly defective ignition switches told a New York federal judge on Thursday.

  9. May 04, 2017

    Driver Says Tobacco Use Shouldn't Come Out At GM Trial

    GM shouldn't be allowed to use evidence of a customer's past tobacco use or involvement in an upcoming bellwether trial in multidistrict litigation over ignition switch defects, the customer told a New York federal court Thursday, arguing that such evidence is irrelevant or unfairly harmful to his case.

  10. April 28, 2017

    New GM Says Tronox Decision Blocks Successor Liability

    General Motors LLC tried Thursday to use the Second Circuit's recent Tronox ruling to shut down the onslaught of faulty ignition suits it's been fighting for years, telling a New York federal court those claims would benefit all the creditors of its predecessor Old GM, and therefore only Old GM should be liable for them.