February 17, 2015
The New York bankruptcy judge who let General Motors Co. ditch responsibility in 2009 for its past errors showed a willingness Tuesday to dial back the "breadth and language" of the carmaker's legal protections so that vehicle owners can sue the reincarnated "New GM" over a deadly ignition switch defect.
February 03, 2015
A widow who settled her 2007 lawsuit against General Motors Co. over a crash that killed her family wants a "do-over," asking a New York bankruptcy court on Monday to revive her suit because GM hid evidence about the ignition switch and other problems while it argued her husband committed murder-suicide.
December 18, 2014
The trust representing creditors of General Motors Co.'s bankruptcy estate says that the car company is unfairly trying to skirt lawsuits over drops in vehicle value stemming from flaws, including the deadly ignition switch defect, and that the plaintiffs have correctly directed their claims at New GM.
November 05, 2014
General Motors Co. told a New York bankruptcy court on Wednesday that it shouldn't have to face lawsuits over drops in vehicle value stemming from flaws — including faulty ignition switches that triggered a 2.6 million-car recall earlier this year — in cars it built and sold before its 2009 bankruptcy.
September 02, 2014
General Motors LLC urged a New York bankruptcy court on Friday to keep certain ignition-switch defect suits in that court because, despite plaintiffs' protests to the contrary, the California suit involves liabilities against GM's bankruptcy estate, not just against New GM.
August 22, 2014
Plaintiffs urged a New York bankruptcy court on Thursday to let them proceed with their putative class action accusing GM Motors LLC of hiding a fatal ignition-switch defect that led to massive recalls, arguing it shouldn't be entitled to bankruptcy protection over the dispute.
August 20, 2014
Trustee Wilmington Trust Co. and General Motors LLC filed dueling briefs Tuesday in New York bankruptcy court in response to a former GM employee's bid to pursue claims against GM over his wrongful conviction for rape, with Wilmington arguing GM should face the claims.
August 20, 2014
Attorneys for the state of California asked a New York bankruptcy judge on Tuesday not to halt proceedings in a suit alleging General Motors LLC concealed serious ignition switch safety defects to avoid having to issue recalls, to provide the state an opportunity to have the case sent back to state court.
August 18, 2014
A New York bankruptcy judge ruled Monday that "threshold issues" in the General Motors Co. bankruptcy-shield dispute, including whether GM violated customers' due process rights by concealing an ignition switch defect, will have to wait until after motorists file a consolidated complaint in parallel multidistrict litigation, rejecting what he called a piecemeal approach.
August 04, 2014
General Motors Co. sought Friday to extinguish newly filed personal injury and consumer fraud litigation surrounding allegedly defective vehicles manufactured before its stint in bankruptcy, claiming that the terms of its 2009 reorganization bar those claims.