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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. November 14, 2016

    GM Returns To NY Judge Seeking Ignition Liability Limit

    General Motors wants a New York federal judge to limit its liability as it faces multidistrict litigation over an ignition-switch defect, even as it readies a Supreme Court appeal on the issue.

  2. October 31, 2016

    GM Ignition Switch Supplier Can't Dodge Subpoena

    A New York federal judge on Monday denied a bid by the supplier of the allegedly faulty General Motors ignition switches to dodge a request for additional information by drivers in multidistrict litigation over the issue.

  3. October 26, 2016

    GM Wants Brand Devaluation Claims Gone From Ignition MDL

    Vehicle owners whose theory that the General Motors brand lost value because of an ignition switch defect was rejected by the New York federal judge overseeing their multidistrict litigation should not get to amend that claim because it was dismissed permanently, GM argued on Tuesday.

  4. October 20, 2016

    GM Ignition Switch Supplier Looks To Dump Subpoena

    Delphi Automotive Systems LLC, the supplier of the allegedly faulty General Motors ignition switches, asked the New York federal judge presiding over the multidistrict litigation stemming from the defect on Wednesday to block a request for additional information by drivers, saying the company already met its discovery obligations.

  5. October 07, 2016

    GM Says Driver Too Late To Quit Bellwether

    General Motors urged a New York federal judge on Friday not to let a bellwether plaintiff withdraw his case from the pool, saying it's far too late for him to try to rescind his so-called Lexecon waiver.

  6. October 05, 2016

    GM Says Bellwether Driver Owes Overdue Discovery Info

    A Missouri driver chosen in the second round of General Motors' ignition switch defect bellwether cases refused to respond to discovery requests after unsuccessfully attempting to dismiss his own suit, the automaker told a New York federal judge Tuesday.

  7. October 03, 2016

    GM Loses Bid To Put Ignition Switch Decision On Hold

    The Second Circuit on Friday rejected General Motors' request to put on hold a ruling reviving legal claims over ignition-switch defects previously blocked by the automaker's 2009 bankruptcy sale until after the U.S. Supreme Court determined whether it will hear the case.

  8. September 07, 2016

    GM Judge Won't Cut Balky Bellwether Plaintiff From Herd

    Manhattan U.S. District Judge Jesse M. Furman refused Wednesday to remove a Missouri driver picked for a second round of General Motors ignition switch defect test trials from the list, citing "gamesmanship" on the part of the man's counsel in seeking to avoid the bellwether process.

  9. September 06, 2016

    GM Says Driver Can't Drop Out Of New Ignition Bellwether

    General Motors on Tuesday demanded that a driver's claims selected as part of a second phase bellwether trial in sprawling ignition switch defect litigation either go forward or be dismissed for good, telling a New York federal court that the driver should not be allowed to avoid his selection.

  10. September 05, 2016

    GM Settles Final Two Ignition-Switch Bellwethers

    General Motors has settled the remaining two of six bellwether cases over its deadly ignition-switch defect, including one that was to begin trial in a week, a spokesman for the carmaker said Monday, ending a largely anticlimactic run for a group of New York federal court cases that a year ago had generated keen anticipation.