September 25, 2018
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.
September 24, 2018
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.
July 23, 2018
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.
June 13, 2018
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.
June 11, 2018
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.
May 29, 2018
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.
April 27, 2018
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.
December 11, 2017
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.
October 11, 2017
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.
October 04, 2017
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.