Jere Beasley says GM engineer is nothing more than a scapegoat
General Motors (GM) engineer Ray DeGiorgio admitted to lying during depositions in the Melton case about his role in the defective ignition swtich cover-up, but could he really have acted alone?...
View ArticleGM victim compensation fund has approved 50 death claims related to defective...
The latest report released by General Motors (GM) victim compensation fund administrator Kenneth Feinberg lists 50 eligible death claims. There has been a total of 338 death claims submitted since the...
View ArticleGM refuses to extend deadline for filing claims with victim compensation fund...
The deadline to file a claim with the General Motors victim compensation fund for serious injuries or deaths related to the automaker’s defective ignition switch was Saturday, Jan. 31. Continue reading →
View ArticleMelton case settles after exposing GM defective ignition switch cover-up
Lawyers representing Ken and Beth Melton, whose claims against General Motors for the death of their daughter exposed a 10-year cover-up of the ignition switch defect, announced that a second lawsuit...
View ArticleJere Beasley responds to ruling: bankruptcy shield protects GM from iginition...
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber on Wednesday ruled that General Motors (GM) is protected from liability for products produced by “Old GM” under its 2009 bankruptcy filing. Judge Gerber said the...
View ArticleIt was announced today GM will pay close to $1 billion to DOJ in faulty...
Officials with the Department of Justice (DOJ) released information today that General Motors (GM) will pay a $900 million fine as part of the criminal investigation into the automaker’s delayed action...
View ArticleGM issues final ignition switch Victim Compensation Fund report
All but a dozen families whose loved ones perished in accidents linked to General Motors’ defective ignition switches have accepted a final payout from the independent fund set up last year to...
View ArticleAppeals Court ruling opens GM to hundreds more ignition switch complaints
General Motors (GM) cannot use its 2009 bankruptcy as a shield against personal injury, wrongful death, and economic loss claims over its defective and potentially deadly ignition switches, the 2nd...
View ArticleGM’s Bid To Block Ignition-Switch Suits Rejected by U.S. Supreme Court
GM lost its bid Monday to bar hundreds of ignition-switch lawsuits when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to hear the automaker’s appeal claiming it isn’t liable for pre-bankruptcy filings. The post GM’s...
View ArticleNHTSA admits failures in GM ignition switch crisis, announces major changes
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) conceded Friday that it had failed to respond appropriately to General Motors’ deadly ignition switch defect and vowed to substantially...
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