June 07, 2016
General Motors asked a New York federal judge on Monday for permission to tell a jury that a driver suing over a deadly ignition-switch design wasn't wearing her seat belt when she crashed, saying the evidence is fair game under Virginia law.
June 06, 2016
General Motors told a New York federal judge Friday that many of the claims in a driver's suit serving as a bellwether case in multidistrict litigation over ignition-switch defects should be dismissed, contending that the driver did not buy her car from New GM, the post-bankruptcy entity that is being sued.
June 03, 2016
The driver who will lead the next bellwether trial over GM's ignition-switch defects asked a New York federal judge on Thursday not to let GM tell the jury about a Facebook post that suggested she fell asleep before her crash.
June 02, 2016
The woman leading one of the final bellwether trials in the General Motors ignition switch multidistrict litigation pressed a New York federal judge Wednesday to allow evidence of more than 50 car accidents similar to her own, saying GM has failed to identify how inclusion of the evidence will cause it harm.
May 23, 2016
Counsel for both sides of the General Motors ignition switch multidistrict litigation on Friday laid out their expectations for the next phase of bellwether trials, telling a New York federal judge the new cases should be drawn from a different pool of vehicles and that conversations were ongoing.
May 19, 2016
Drivers who say their GM vehicles have lost value because of the highly publicized ignition switch defect argued Wednesday that a recent Eleventh Circuit ruling in another GM case negates the automaker's bid for dismissal of their multidistrict litigation.
May 16, 2016
Evidence of more than 50 additional car accidents purportedly caused by GM's ignition switch defect should be included in one of the final bellwether trials on the issue, the Virginia woman leading the action said Friday, arguing all of the incidents share the central characteristics of her own severe crash.
May 13, 2016
Four of General Motors' key witnesses for an upcoming bellwether trial in New York federal court over ignition switches that sometimes shut down cars mid-drive should be barred from testifying, the Virginia resident bringing the suit said on Friday.
May 12, 2016
The New York federal judge overseeing ignition switch multidistrict litigation on Wednesday said that General Motors had failed to show why it waited almost a year after discovery to serve a subpoena on Verizon seeking the cellphone records of a woman in a bellwether case.
May 02, 2016
General Motors urged a New York federal judge on Saturday to toss claims in the ignition switch multidistrict litigation brought by drivers who say GM's cover-up of defects devalued their vehicles, arguing that their claims aren't based on any actual, specific defect in any driver's car.