GM ignition switch lawsuit Archives

$1B GM Ignition Switch Settlement Tossed by Judge

A federal bankruptcy judge on Thursday said a settlement agreement that would require General Motors Co to pay $1 billion in stock to car owners suing the company over faulty ignition switches was ...

GM Will Pay $120M to Resolve State Ignition Claims

General Motors Co has agreed to pay $120 million to resolve claims from 49 U.S. states and the District of Columbia over faulty ignition switches, state attorneys general and the company said on ...

GM Wins Third Ignition-Switch Trial, Though Many Lawsuits Remain

General Motors Co.'s victory in a Houston courtroom Thursday makes the carmaker three for three in trials related to an ignition-switch defect, but its legal entanglements may stretch on for years. ...

GM Ignition-Switch Lawsuit Tossed by Texas Judge

A Texas judge has thrown out a lawsuit against General Motors from a woman who blamed a 2012 car crash on a faulty ignition switch that later prompted the company to recall 2.6 million vehicles. The ...

GM Loses U.S. Appeals Court Bid for Ignition-Switch Lawsuit Shield

General Motors' 2009 bankruptcy does not shield it from lawsuits over a deadly ignition-switch defect that led to criminal charges against the automaker and prompted the recall of 2.6 million ...

GM Enters Into Confidential Settlement in Ignition-Switch Case

General Motors Co on Thursday said it had agreed to settle a lawsuit that would have been the third case to go to trial over a faulty ignition switch linked to nearly 400 injuries and deaths. In a ...