Former Texas Prosecutor Asks State to Pardon in Fatal GM Crash
A former Texas prosecutor has asked the state to pardon a woman who pleaded guilty in a 2004 car crash that killed her fiance, saying she now believes the accident was caused by a faulty General Motors...
View ArticleGM: No Plans to Extend Ignition Switch Claims Deadline
General Motors Co on Wednesday said it does not plan to extend a Jan. 31 deadline to file claims in its faulty ignition switch compensation program, rejecting pleas from two U.S. senators to extend the...
View ArticleInvestors Press Liability Case Against GM Directors Over Faulty Ignitions
General Motors Co. investors urged a judge to let their lawsuit proceed against the automaker’s board that they say was asleep at the switch while the company produced cars with faulty ignition systems...
View ArticleFederal Auto Safety Watchdog Showing its Bite
The U.S. auto safety watchdog, long criticized as toothless and slow, is showing both bark and bite under its new boss – a testimony to his credentials as a safety expert and a hardening of the...
View ArticleAuto Safety Agency Fails to Hold Car Manufacturers Accountable
An upcoming government audit says the nation’s auto safety regulator failed repeatedly over a decade to discover the General Motors ignition switch defect that’s linked to more than 110 deaths. The New...
View ArticleJudge Rules GM’s Privileged Ignition Switch Documents Can Remain Secret
General Motors Co and its law firm need not turn over privileged documents to drivers hoping to show that the automaker intended to commit a crime or fraud by concealing defective ignition switches in...
View ArticleBellwether GM Defective Ignition Switch Cases Began This Week in Federal Court
Zachary Stevens was a teenager headed to bible study when his Saturn Sky shot across a Texas highway into a pickup and killed the driver. Ruben Vazquez, 20, died after a drunk slammed into his stalled...
View ArticleGM Ignition Switch Plaintiff Drops Case After Dream House Check ‘Fraud’
The Oklahoma mail carrier at the center of the first trial over General Motors Co.’s deadly ignition-switch defect is dropping his claims after being accused of lying to the court. Robert Scheuer, 49,...
View ArticleFirst GM Bellwether Case Dropped for Fraud, Hundreds More to Go
General Motors Co. just watched the first big court case over an admitted deadly defect in its cars melt down as an Oklahoma postman who claimed GM ruined his life dropped his suit, accused of lying....
View ArticleAnother GM Ignition Switch Trial Set to Start
Weeks after the first New York trial over General Motors’ faulty ignition switch controversy ended prematurely, a new one is set to start. The Manhattan federal court trial that begins on Monday is...
View ArticleGM Wins Two in a Row in Trial Over Crashes Blamed on Ignition Flaw
General Motors Co. won its second straight trial against drivers who blamed car wrecks on faulty ignition switches, boosting the company’s outlook for resolving hundreds of similar cases on more...
View ArticleGM Seeks to Extend Win Streak in Texas Ignition-Switch Trial
General Motors Co. has put two civil trials over its defective ignitions behind it without a loss. A third trial started Tuesday in what could be one of its toughest cases: a Texas teenager arrested...
View ArticleFormer Texas Prosecutor Asks State to Pardon in Fatal GM Crash
A former Texas prosecutor has asked the state to pardon a woman who pleaded guilty in a 2004 car crash that killed her fiance, saying she now believes the accident was caused by a faulty General Motors...
View ArticleGM: No Plans to Extend Ignition Switch Claims Deadline
General Motors Co on Wednesday said it does not plan to extend a Jan. 31 deadline to file claims in its faulty ignition switch compensation program, rejecting pleas from two U.S. senators to extend the...
View ArticleInvestors Press Liability Case Against GM Directors Over Faulty Ignitions
General Motors Co. investors urged a judge to let their lawsuit proceed against the automaker’s board that they say was asleep at the switch while the company produced cars with faulty ignition systems...
View ArticleFederal Auto Safety Watchdog Showing its Bite
The U.S. auto safety watchdog, long criticized as toothless and slow, is showing both bark and bite under its new boss – a testimony to his credentials as a safety expert and a hardening of the...
View ArticleAuto Safety Agency Fails to Hold Car Manufacturers Accountable
An upcoming government audit says the nation’s auto safety regulator failed repeatedly over a decade to discover the General Motors ignition switch defect that’s linked to more than 110 deaths. The New...
View ArticleJudge Rules GM’s Privileged Ignition Switch Documents Can Remain Secret
General Motors Co and its law firm need not turn over privileged documents to drivers hoping to show that the automaker intended to commit a crime or fraud by concealing defective ignition switches in...
View ArticleBellwether GM Defective Ignition Switch Cases Began This Week in Federal Court
Zachary Stevens was a teenager headed to bible study when his Saturn Sky shot across a Texas highway into a pickup and killed the driver. Ruben Vazquez, 20, died after a drunk slammed into his stalled...
View ArticleGM Ignition Switch Plaintiff Drops Case After Dream House Check ‘Fraud’
The Oklahoma mail carrier at the center of the first trial over General Motors Co.’s deadly ignition-switch defect is dropping his claims after being accused of lying to the court. Robert Scheuer, 49,...
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