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1:09-bk-50026

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New York Southern

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  1. August 22, 2014

    GM Customers Say Bankruptcy Can't Stop Ignition-Switch Suit

    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.

  2. August 20, 2014

    GM Should Face Wrongful-Conviction Claims, Trustee Says

    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.

  3. August 20, 2014

    GM Bankruptcy Stay Doesn't Halt Remand Bid, Calif. Says

    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.

  4. August 18, 2014

    GM Judge Axes 'Piecemeal' Method In Bankruptcy-Shield Row

    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.

  5. August 04, 2014

    GM Deploys Bankruptcy Shield Against New Defect Suits

    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.

  6. July 30, 2014

    Bankruptcy Judge Keeps GM Ignition Switch Case On Pause

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday denied a bid by plaintiffs to proceed with a proposed class action against General Motors Co. over an ignition switch defect, ruling that their suit — like nearly 90 other related cases — should be stayed while he considers whether GM can use its bankruptcy defense.

  7. July 02, 2014

    GM Defect Suits First Must Address Due Process Of Sale Order

    A New York bankruptcy judge on Wednesday tentatively ordered consumers in ignition-switch defect class actions against General Motors Co. to first tackle the procedural due process issues surrounding the company's contention that its 2009 reorganization bars the economic loss claims.

  8. May 27, 2014

    $1B Left In GM Trust For Creditors, Ignition-Switch Victims

    Consumers in ignition-switch defect suits against General Motors Co. may be forced to battle creditors of the automotive titan's former incarnation over access to a trust containing barely $1 billion, according to documents filed Friday in New York bankruptcy court.

  9. May 02, 2014

    GM Judge Wants Quick Ruling On Bankruptcy Shield's Fate

    A New York bankruptcy judge said Friday that he wants to rule on whether General Motors Co. duped him in 2009 to win protection from its previous incarnation's liabilities before permitting consumer attorneys to conduct costly discovery of when executives knew about a prebankruptcy ignition switch defect.

  10. May 01, 2014

    GM Wants Ignition Switch Suits Stayed While Judge Rules

    General Motors Co. on Wednesday said that class action plaintiffs in ignition switch defect suits should voluntarily pause the suits while a New York bankruptcy court rules on whether the suits are allowed under the 2009 sale order that allowed it to exit bankruptcy.

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