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In re: General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation

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Case Number:

1:14-md-02543

Court:

New York Southern

Nature of Suit:

Other Fraud

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action, Multi-district Litigation

Judge:

Jesse M. Furman

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  1. September 25, 2018

    GM Buyers Must Certify Class To Advance $1B Defect Deal

    Purchasers of General Motors vehicles manufactured before the carmaker's 2009 bankruptcy, now seeking damages stemming from ignition-switch defects, must certify a class to pursue a proposed settlement that could cost the reorganized New GM $1 billion in new stock, a New York bankruptcy judge ruled Tuesday.

  2. September 24, 2018

    GM Says Recall Issues Are Too Varied For Class Cert.

    General Motors has asked a New York federal judge not to grant class certification to vehicle owners in bellwether cases in California, Missouri and Texas who claim they lost out on the resale value of their cars due to vehicle recalls, arguing the issues are too varied among the individual cases to qualify for class status.

  3. July 23, 2018

    GM Seeks Toss Of Ignition Bellwether Suits

    General Motors LLC on Friday asked the New York federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation pertaining to allegedly defective ignition switches to nix bellwether suits brought by drivers in California, Missouri and Texas, saying they have not demonstrated economic harm from the alleged defect.

  4. June 13, 2018

    New GM Questions Scope Of Ch. 11 Defect Deal

    General Motors LLC is questioning whether a proposed bankruptcy court settlement over legacy ignition switch lawsuits could possibly cover a proposed class of 11.4 million people and cost the carmaker $1 billion in new stock even though only a few hundred individuals have filed Chapter 11 claims.

  5. June 11, 2018

    GM Ignition Switch Suit Goes From SDNY To NM State Court

    A New York federal judge on Monday sent a suit blaming a fatal accident on a GM car's ignition mechanism back to New Mexico state court, saying the accident at issue took place after GM reorganized and was only "remotely related" to the company's 2008 bankruptcy.

  6. May 29, 2018

    11 Bankruptcy Appeals Resolved In GM Ignition Switch MDL

    A federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday resolved 11 appeals of a New York bankruptcy court's rulings related to the storied multidistrict litigation over the recall of millions of General Motors LLC, or New GM, vehicles with faulty ignition switches, breaking with some, but not all, of the bankruptcy court's rulings.

  7. April 27, 2018

    GM Faces Potential $1B Payout Tied To Defective Switches

    The bankruptcy trust of Old GM has reached a settlement over legacy ignition switch lawsuits that could cost the reorganized New GM $1 billion if it's approved by the New York bankruptcy court overseeing the case.

  8. December 11, 2017

    Judge Bars Consolidated Claims In GM Ignition Switch MDL

    A New York federal judge on Friday said that he will no longer allow the filing of consolidated complaints on behalf of multiple people bringing personal injury or wrongful death claims in the multidistrict litigation over General Motors LLC ignition switches that allegedly caused vehicles to abruptly lose power.

  9. October 11, 2017

    GM, Driver Settle Ahead Of Bellwether Ignition Trial

    A New York federal judge on Tuesday said that the driver in an upcoming bellwether trial over ignition switches that allegedly caused cars to lose power without warning has reached a confidential settlement with General Motors LLC.

  10. October 04, 2017

    GM, Drivers See Evidence Cut In Ignition Switch Bellwether

    General Motors LLC can block some evidence a driver sought to introduce in an upcoming bellwether trial over ignition switches that allegedly caused cars to lose power without warning, a New York federal judge ruled on Tuesday, while the driver likewise was allowed to exclude some of GM's evidence.