General Motors Co., which has come under media, congressional and courtroom scrutiny over fatalities caused by flawed ignition switches, is defending 104 death and injury lawsuits brought by those who blame accidents on defects in the company’s cars. Another 108 …
Eight months after General Motors began recalling more than 2 million cars because of a deadly ignition-switch defect, less than half the owners have gotten their vehicles fixed. At first, the problem was a shortage of parts. But now the …
Earlier this year, General Motors Co. hired Kenneth Feinberg, a victim compensation expert, to oversee payment to those injured in crashes caused by faulty ignition switches in GM cars. GM says it’s trying to do the right thing by making …
General Motors Co. will spend whatever it takes to compensate victims of accidents in Cobalts, Ions and other cars with faulty ignition switches, said Ken Feinberg, the lawyer hired to make the payments. Feinberg will take claims from Aug. 1 …
General Motors Co.’s lawyers have said the carmaker will face punitive damages over ignition switch defects if its customers go to trial, creating an urgent need to settle lawsuits. The automaker, which has said it wants to help accident victims, …
GM CEO Mary Barra said 15 employees have been fired and five others have been disciplined over the company’s failure to disclose a defect with ignition switches that is now linked to at least 13 deaths. The company also will …
General Motors says it will launch a compensation program for crash victims or their families as a result of faulty ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths that prompted a recall of 2.6 million cars. The company said Thursday …
General Motors, Ford and Toyota are joining the University of Michigan in establishing a testing site for driverless cars that will simulate a cityscape, the school announced Tuesday. The Michigan Mobility Transformation Center, a 32-acre testing site near the Ann …
General Motors Co. is bringing its fight against owners of recalled cars to its former turf: the Manhattan bankruptcy court where the U.S. government financed the automaker’s turnaround five years ago. GM is facing 59 lawsuits by car owners demanding …
U.S. regulators are investigating whether a General Motors Co. car’s automatic-braking system kicked in unexpectedly at 40 miles per hour, causing a crash. A 2014 Chevrolet Impala owner said his car’s driver-assist system turned on and forced a complete stop …