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Siqueiros v. General Motors LLC

  1. November 03, 2023

    GM's 'Winner-Take-All' Defect Trial Plan Costs It $100M Redo

    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.

  2. August 04, 2023

    GM Says Engine Defect Verdict 'Strips' Its Due Process Rights

    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."

  3. June 09, 2023

    GM Can't Undo $100M Class Action Engine Defect Verdict

    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.

  4. March 20, 2023

    Drivers Rip GM's Bid To Undo $100M Engine Defect Verdict

    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.

  5. February 23, 2023

    GM Fights To Reverse $100M Verdict In Engine Defect Case

    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.

  6. December 16, 2022

    GM Pushes Back On Bid For Treble Damages In $100M Suit

    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.

  7. November 16, 2022

    Class Wants Treble Damages From GM After $100M Win

    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.

  8. October 04, 2022

    GM Hit With Over $100M Verdict In Engine Defect Class Action

    A California federal jury found Tuesday that General Motors breached certain warranties and violated a state consumer protection law by selling cars with a hidden engine defect that caused excessive oil consumption, awarding about 38,000 owners in the class action damages totaling just over $100 million.

  9. September 28, 2022

    'I Would Have Kept My Prius': GM Class Rep Slams Oil Defect

    Two class representatives delivered colorful testimony Wednesday in a California trial over claims GM hid a dangerous engine defect, with one testifying that he stopped driving his truck long distances due to its excessive oil consumption, saying, "If I wanted an in-town commuter car, I would have kept my Prius."

  10. September 27, 2022

    GM Slams Testimony From 'Data-Free Economist' As 'A Joke'

    General Motors Co. made a mid-trial bid on Tuesday to exclude the testimony of an economics expert for the plaintiffs in a class action over claims GM knowingly sold vehicles with an engine defect, calling the expert's assessment that $2,700 in damages is due per vehicle a "joke" from a "data-free economist."

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