February 23, 2016
A New York federal judge overseeing multidistrict litigation against General Motors over its defective ignition switches said Tuesday he would not abandon a system of holding bellwether trials, denying a request by lawyers representing drivers after the first such case ended without a verdict.
February 22, 2016
General Motors blasted lead counsel representing drivers in multidistrict litigation over the company's defective ignition switches in New York federal court Monday, claiming their recent request to discontinue bellwether trials was a "misguided overreaction" to "an embarrassing loss" in the first trial.
February 18, 2016
Counsel for drivers involved in ongoing multidistrict litigation over faulty ignition switches in General Motors vehicles on Thursday questioned the value of carrying out remaining bellwether trials on the issue, saying the automaker's tactic of arguing the particular events in each crash leave little room for broad application of jury findings.
February 17, 2016
The Louisiana driver whose accident in a 2007 Saturn Sky is the subject of the second bellwether trial in the General Motors ignition switch multidistrict litigation agreed Tuesday not to bring up any evidence to challenge the automaker's recall notice in 2014 over the defect or "the pace and adequacy" of the recalls.
February 12, 2016
A Louisiana driver suing General Motors LLC as part of the sprawling multidistrict litigation over defective ignition switches says the company is still considered the manufacturer of her faulty car under Louisiana state law, despite its attempt to skirt her allegations by contending its pre-bankruptcy predecessor was the maker.
February 10, 2016
The New York federal judge presiding over multidistrict litigation over General Motors' deadly ignition switch defect on Wednesday shot down a plaintiffs attorney's bid to eject co-lead counsel Robert C. Hilliard of Hilliard Munoz Gonzales LLP from the litigation, saying that the "sometimes wild" accusations of impropriety are meritless and backed by scant evidence.
February 02, 2016
Co-lead counsel in multidistrict litigation over General Motors' deadly ignition switch defect told a New York federal judge Tuesday to ignore "untimely, unsupported, and untrue allegations" by a fellow plaintiffs' attorney seeking to remove them from the case and upend a settlement fund for victims, shortly after GM voiced its own opposition.
January 28, 2016
A Georgia lawyer who helped expose GM's deadly ignition switch defect asked a New York federal judge on Wednesday to rescind his approval of a settlement fund for death and injury claims, alleging that the fund resulted from "secret" deals between the automaker and a lead attorney he has tried to get removed from the case.
January 25, 2016
The Georgia attorney who helped expose the General Motors ignition switch defect on Monday blasted the three lead counsel representing drivers in the multidistrict litigation, saying they had bungled the first bellwether trial — which imploded on Friday — and called for their removal.
January 25, 2016
The sudden implosion on Friday of the closely watched first bellwether trial in the General Motors ignition switch scandal, with the injured driver dropping his case after GM presented evidence suggesting his story was a lie, will likely be remembered as an embarrassing and unusual episode in the multidistrict litigation.