People suing General Motors Co over a faulty ignition switch will get two chances in Manhattan court this week to fight with GM. They will argue that the company should be held accountable for injuries, deaths, and lost vehicle value.
General Motors ignition-switch test trials will continue despite effort of the lawyers for the plaintiffs to revise it. U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman announced that he will continue with the pending six bellwether or test this year.
A report by investigator Anton Valukas commissioned by automaker General Motors Co indicated that lawyers had earlier on warned the company of paying potential punitive damages if accident victims decided to go to trial over the ignition defects in their cars.
In a statement today, lawyer Ken Feinberg has acknowledged taking the role as administrator for General Motors Co's compensation program for victims of the ignition defect of the automaker's small cars, Bloomberg reported.
