September 22, 2015
A New York federal judge said Monday that he'd leave it up to a U.S. bankruptcy court to decide whether Arizona, California and multidistrict litigation plaintiffs can seek damages from post-bankruptcy General Motors LLC, or New GM, over an ignition switch defect affecting millions of vehicles.
September 21, 2015
General Motors LLC told a New York bankruptcy court Friday that plaintiffs suing the automaker over ignition switch defects can't hold the post-bankruptcy iteration of the automaker accountable in court based on the assumption it inherited a wide range of knowledge about the defects from the pre-bankruptcy sale version of GM.
September 14, 2015
General Motors LLC dueled with ignition switch plaintiffs over punitive damages in briefs filed in New York bankruptcy court on Sunday, with the automaker arguing it didn't buy those liabilities in the bankruptcy and the plaintiffs calling it a case of "buyer's remorse."
September 04, 2015
General Motors LLC on Thursday has urged a New York bankruptcy judge to dismiss a faulty ignition suit lodged by drivers alleging the auto giant learned of the 300 plaintiffs' claims after its asset sale but failed to recall the vehicles in time for the consumers to meet claim deadlines.
August 12, 2015
General Motors Co. can't shake a faulty ignition switch suit because the auto giant learned of the 300 plaintiffs' claims after its asset sale but failed to recall the vehicles in time for the consumers to meet claim deadlines, the plaintiffs said in a Tuesday filing in New York bankruptcy court.
August 06, 2015
California, Arizona and plaintiffs that have brought ignition-switch defect claims against General Motors LLC told a New York bankruptcy judge Wednesday that the automaker's attempts to freeze litigation against the company violates the parties' constitutional right to seek redress in a district court.
August 05, 2015
A Florida man representing himself has taken another blow in his legal crusade against General Motors' bankruptcy trust over alleged injuries from a defective Hummer, with a New York federal court backing the dismissal of his creditor claim.
July 29, 2015
A New Jersey judge departed from his predecessor in dismissing hundreds of suits in the consolidated Accutane litigation, General Motors Co. secured a Chapter 11 shield from certain ignition switch liability suits, and asbestos plaintiffs in New York City won a decision that will aid their fight for punitive damages. Here, Law360 looks at the year's most significant product liability cases so far.
July 17, 2015
The Second Circuit will soon wrestle with whether the bankruptcy sale that propelled General Motors Co. out of Chapter 11 shields the automaker from as much as $10 billion in ignition-switch defect liability, raising moral questions over whether bankruptcy protections that give debtors a fresh start should trump plaintiffs' rights.
July 15, 2015
General Motors LLC told a New York bankruptcy judge Tuesday that an ignition-switch plaintiff's punitive damages are barred by its asset purchase agreement with Old GM and that she should trim the claims from her suit.