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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 01, 2016

    Driver Says New GM On Hook For Old GM's Ignition Defects

    General Motors and a Kentucky driver both dug in their heels Wednesday in a fight over the carmaker's liability for the acts of its prebankruptcy predecessor and the worth of the claims in a bellwether suit probing the role of a deadly ignition-switch defect in the driver's 2013 crash.

  2. August 25, 2016

    GM Can't Argue Drug Addiction During Trial, Driver Says

    A Kentucky woman alleging General Motor LLC's ignition switch defect caused her 2013 car crash told a New York federal judge on Thursday that the automaker should not be allowed to suggest she is a drug addict during her bellwether trial.

  3. August 24, 2016

    New GM Can Argue Old GM Ignorance Of Ignition Defect

    The New York federal judge overseeing bellwether trials over GM's ignition-switch defect said on Wednesday that New GM can retry the question of whether Old GM should have known about the defect before its 2009 bankruptcy, rejecting a driver's bid to hold off on a redo.

  4. August 23, 2016

    GM Seeks To End Last Ignition Switch Bellwether

    The judge overseeing the last of six bellwether trials over GM ignition-switch defects received competing summary judgment bids Monday, one from GM requesting a total shutdown of the case and one from the plaintiff requesting that post-bankruptcy GM be held responsible for pre-bankruptcy GM's actions.

  5. August 22, 2016

    GM Says Bankruptcy Court Right For Ignition Switch Claims

    General Motors told a New York federal judge Monday that bankruptcy court, not trial court, is the proper venue for hearing the successor liability claims by a driver in one of the federal bellwether trials in multidistrict litigation against the automaker related to ignition switch defect allegations.

  6. August 19, 2016

    Court Told New GM Can't Retry Ignition-Switch Findings

    A driver in the next bellwether trial over GM’s ignition-switch defect told a New York federal court on Friday that New GM shouldn’t get a redo on conclusions by two other courts that Old GM knew or should have known about the defect before its 2009 bankruptcy.

  7. August 18, 2016

    GM Could Face Evidence Of Similar Incidents In Switch Trial

    A driver who blames GM's infamous ignition-switch defect for her injuries in a crash will be allowed to admit evidence of an unprecedented number of similar incidents, 55, in a bellwether trial set to start in weeks, a New York federal judge ruled on Thursday.

  8. August 15, 2016

    GM Ignition Switch Bellwether Gets Pretrial Trim

    The New York federal judge overseeing the GM ignition switch multidistrict litigation on Monday tossed failure-to-recall and constructive-fraud claims brought by a Virginia woman in an upcoming bellwether trial, but said she can still seek punitive damages on other claims.

  9. August 03, 2016

    GM Ignition Bellwether Sees Battle Over Expert Witnesses

    GM Motors LLC and a Kentucky woman who’s suing the automaker in multidistrict litigation over an ignition-switch default butted heads in separate requests Tuesday to exclude the opposite party’s expert witnesses in an upcoming bellwether trial because of testimony both sides say is irrelevant, prejudicial and just plain wrong.

  10. July 27, 2016

    GM Will Seek High Court Review If 2nd Circ. Won't Flip Ruling

    General Motors intends to ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review a Second Circuit decision that opened it to liability claims related to ignition switch defects if the full appeals court doesn't modify or reverse the decision, according to a joint statement the parties in a New York product liability class action sent to the judge Monday.