October 06, 2025
A California federal judge on Monday gave final approval to a $150 million deal General Motors LLC reached with car buyers over an engine defect following a jury verdict against the auto giant, including a $57 million fee and expenses award that he called "extraordinary" but warranted.
May 29, 2025
A California federal judge on Thursday said he'd grant preliminary approval to a $150 million deal General Motors reached with car buyers over an engine defect following a trial verdict against the auto giant that class counsel said, with prejudgment interest, would have cost the company more than $270 million.
July 23, 2024
General Motors LLC is urging a California federal court not to grant more than $100 million in fees and $1 million in costs to counsel for a class of car buyers who won a $100 million trial in 2022, saying many of the fees and costs can't be recovered under the law.
November 03, 2023
A California federal court again refused to unravel a $100 million trial verdict against General Motors LLC over an engine defect, ruling that the automaker's "all-or-nothing" trial strategy foreclosed the possibility of a post-trial line of attack against suing car buyers.
August 04, 2023
General Motors LLC urged a California federal judge to reject a class of drivers' argument that GM cannot contend certain product liability claims are time-barred after a jury came to a $100 million verdict against the company, saying the class is trying to "strip GM of its due process rights."
June 09, 2023
A California federal judge rejected General Motors LLC's arguments to overturn a $100 million October jury verdict that was awarded to thousands of vehicle owners who claimed they were sold cars with an engine defect that caused excessive oil consumption.
March 20, 2023
Certified classes of drivers have urged a Northern California federal judge to reject General Motors LLC's bid to upend a $100 million jury verdict, saying two recent court rulings scrapping product defect claims against BMW and Mazda won't help GM in this dispute over oil-guzzling engines.
February 23, 2023
General Motors LLC urged a California federal judge at a hearing Thursday to throw out a $100 million jury verdict over allegations the automaker sold vehicles with oil-guzzling engines, saying the plaintiffs' evidence didn't even show a common defect existed.
December 16, 2022
General Motors LLC is pushing back in California federal court against a bid from a class of vehicle owners for treble damages following the owners' $100 million verdict in a suit alleging the automaker sold vehicles with oil-guzzling engines, saying the request violates Idaho law and the court's orders and is not supported by the evidence at trial.
November 16, 2022
A class of vehicle owners is asking a California federal judge to award treble punitive damages after winning a $100 million verdict against General Motors LLC in a suit over an oil-guzzling engine defect, saying it's necessary to deter this kind of behavior from GM and other companies in the future.