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GM Wins Victory In Ignition Switch Defect Lawsuits
General Motors Co persuaded the U.S. federal judge who oversees nationwide litigation over defective ignition switches to narrow claims by owners who said their vehicles lost value because of the defect, which has been linked to 124 deaths. In a decision late on Tuesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman said owners in three "bellwether" s...
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GM Pays $900 Million in US Criminal Settlement Over Ignition Switches
The automaker admitted to failing to disclose to its US regulator and the public a potentially lethal safety defect with the switches that kept airbags from deploying in some vehicles.
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Deaths Linked to General Motors Ignition-Switch Defect Rise to 27
A program to compensate victims of a faulty ignition switch in General Motors vehicles has approved three new death claims, bringing the total number of deaths linked so far to the switch to 27, according to a report released on Monday by the lawyer overseeing the program
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GM Board Warned of Serious Problems by Quality Manager in 2002
The letter from William McAleer shows that GM's directors and top management were told about serious safety defects in vehicles that were coming off the company's production lines more than 11 years before GM recalled millions of vehicles for faulty ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths. The contents have not been previously published.
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General Motors Hit With $10 Billion Lawsuit Saying Recalls Damaged Brand
A new lawsuit says General Motors Co should compensate millions of car and truck owners for lost resale value, potentially exceeding $10 billion, because a slew of recalls and a deadly delay in recalling cars with defective ignition switches has damaged its brand.
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General Motors Safety Crisis Deepens With Camaro Switch Recall
General Motors Co recalled 511,528 Chevrolet Camaro units on Friday for an ignition switch problem similar to the defect linked to at least 13 deaths in Chevrolet Cobalt and other models.
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GM Employees Under Probe For Defective Ignition Switch: Report
U.S. prosecutors are interviewing present and former General Motors Co employees as part of the criminal probe into the automaker's ignition-switch problem that has been linked to at least 13 deaths, two sources said.
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Two GM Lawyers, Quality Control Executive Among Those Pushed Out Over Switch
Two product litigation attorneys and a quality control executive are among the 15 employees who have been forced out by General Motors Co over the company's poor handling of a defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths, according to two people familiar with the decisions.
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General Motors Adds 284,000 Older Cars as Number of US Recalls This Year Hits 29
The two recalls are the latest announced by GM, the largest US automaker. The recall with the highest profile was of cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths. The Detroit company has been criticized by safety advocates and fined by US safety regulators for its delayed response in catching the faulty switch.
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GM Recalls Another 2.6 Million Vehicles
General Motors said on Tuesday it is recalling another 2.6 million vehicles globally, raising the number of vehicles it has recalled so far this year to almost 15.4 million. The four recalls are the latest announced by the largest U.S. automaker, the highest profile of which is the recall of cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least ...
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GM Recalls Another 2.6 Million Vehicles
The four recalls are the latest announced by the largest US automaker, the highest profile of which is the recall of cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths. GM has been criticized by safety advocates and fined by US safety regulators for not catching the faulty switch earlier.
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General Motors to Pay $35 million U.S. Fine for Delayed Response
General Motors Co was slapped on Friday with a $35 million U.S. fine for its delayed response to an ignition switch defect in millions of vehicles, as federal regulators accused a long line of company officials of concealing a problem that is linked to at least 13 deaths.
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Don't Use Word 'Defect': General Motors to Engineers in Internal Documents
General Motors Co warned its engineers against using the words "safety" and "defect" when identifying product risks, and explicitly told them not to use inflammatory terms including "widow-maker" and "Hindenburg," according to company documents released by the US government on Friday.
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Documents show GM's early knowledge of switch defect
General Motors engineers were well aware of serious problems with ignition switches in GM small cars, but rejected several opportunities to make fixes, according to dozens of confidential documents released on Friday by a Congressional committee investigating the deadly defect.
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U.S. fines General Motors for not answering recall questions
General Motors is being fined $7,000 a day for missing an April 3 deadline to provide information about its recall of 2.6 million cars for defective ignition switches, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday.
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GM Wins Victory In Ignition Switch Defect Lawsuits
General Motors Co persuaded the U.S. federal judge who oversees nationwide litigation over defective ignition switches to narrow claims by owners who said their vehicles lost value because of the defect, which has been linked to 124 deaths. In a decision late on Tuesday afternoon, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman said owners in three "bellwether" s...
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GM Pays $900 Million in US Criminal Settlement Over Ignition Switches
The automaker admitted to failing to disclose to its US regulator and the public a potentially lethal safety defect with the switches that kept airbags from deploying in some vehicles.
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Deaths Linked to General Motors Ignition-Switch Defect Rise to 27
A program to compensate victims of a faulty ignition switch in General Motors vehicles has approved three new death claims, bringing the total number of deaths linked so far to the switch to 27, according to a report released on Monday by the lawyer overseeing the program
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GM Board Warned of Serious Problems by Quality Manager in 2002
The letter from William McAleer shows that GM's directors and top management were told about serious safety defects in vehicles that were coming off the company's production lines more than 11 years before GM recalled millions of vehicles for faulty ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths. The contents have not been previously published.
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General Motors Hit With $10 Billion Lawsuit Saying Recalls Damaged Brand
A new lawsuit says General Motors Co should compensate millions of car and truck owners for lost resale value, potentially exceeding $10 billion, because a slew of recalls and a deadly delay in recalling cars with defective ignition switches has damaged its brand.
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General Motors Safety Crisis Deepens With Camaro Switch Recall
General Motors Co recalled 511,528 Chevrolet Camaro units on Friday for an ignition switch problem similar to the defect linked to at least 13 deaths in Chevrolet Cobalt and other models.
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GM Employees Under Probe For Defective Ignition Switch: Report
U.S. prosecutors are interviewing present and former General Motors Co employees as part of the criminal probe into the automaker's ignition-switch problem that has been linked to at least 13 deaths, two sources said.
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Two GM Lawyers, Quality Control Executive Among Those Pushed Out Over Switch
Two product litigation attorneys and a quality control executive are among the 15 employees who have been forced out by General Motors Co over the company's poor handling of a defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths, according to two people familiar with the decisions.
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General Motors Adds 284,000 Older Cars as Number of US Recalls This Year Hits 29
The two recalls are the latest announced by GM, the largest US automaker. The recall with the highest profile was of cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths. The Detroit company has been criticized by safety advocates and fined by US safety regulators for its delayed response in catching the faulty switch.
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GM Recalls Another 2.6 Million Vehicles
General Motors said on Tuesday it is recalling another 2.6 million vehicles globally, raising the number of vehicles it has recalled so far this year to almost 15.4 million. The four recalls are the latest announced by the largest U.S. automaker, the highest profile of which is the recall of cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least ...
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GM Recalls Another 2.6 Million Vehicles
The four recalls are the latest announced by the largest US automaker, the highest profile of which is the recall of cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths. GM has been criticized by safety advocates and fined by US safety regulators for not catching the faulty switch earlier.
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General Motors to Pay $35 million U.S. Fine for Delayed Response
General Motors Co was slapped on Friday with a $35 million U.S. fine for its delayed response to an ignition switch defect in millions of vehicles, as federal regulators accused a long line of company officials of concealing a problem that is linked to at least 13 deaths.
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Don't Use Word 'Defect': General Motors to Engineers in Internal Documents
General Motors Co warned its engineers against using the words "safety" and "defect" when identifying product risks, and explicitly told them not to use inflammatory terms including "widow-maker" and "Hindenburg," according to company documents released by the US government on Friday.
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Documents show GM's early knowledge of switch defect
General Motors engineers were well aware of serious problems with ignition switches in GM small cars, but rejected several opportunities to make fixes, according to dozens of confidential documents released on Friday by a Congressional committee investigating the deadly defect.
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U.S. fines General Motors for not answering recall questions
General Motors is being fined $7,000 a day for missing an April 3 deadline to provide information about its recall of 2.6 million cars for defective ignition switches, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said on Tuesday.
