GM Ignition Switch Wrongful Death and Personal Injury Fund Raises Death Toll to 49 Due to the high volume of personal injury and wrongful death claims against General Motors in 2014, related to a sudden, large vehicle recall for older model vehicles that had defective ignition switches, the automotive manufacturer decided to extend applications for the compensation fund, which was created to help victims of car accidents caused by the ignition switch problem. Through Friday, January 16th, the GM compensation fund received 311 wrongful death … [Read more...]
GM Kicks Year Off with More Vehicle Recalls
January 5, 2015 By Leave a Comment
GM Issues More Vehicle Recall in First Two Days of 2015 For many, the New Year represents a clean slate; however, for much-maligned General Motors, it only marks the beginning of another round of vehicle recalls. Last February, the automobile manufacturer quietly issued a vehicle recall for around 250,000 cars, trucks, and SUVs, some of which dated back as far as the 2004-2005 model years. The problem, according to GM, was faulty ignition switches. The company also quietly acknowledged that it knew about at least 13 deaths and several serious … [Read more...]
GM Faces Another Lawsuit for Vehicle Recall Problems
December 29, 2014 By Leave a Comment
GM Hit with Lawsuit for Failing to Issue Vehicle Recall for Defective Chevy Volts General Motors has had a rough year when it comes to vehicle defects and vehicle recalls. As the year comes to a close, the automotive manufacturer faces another lawsuit, in which the Plaintiff claims that a steering wheel defect in the Chevy Volts causes the steering wheel to freeze intermittently, which can result in a car accident. Plaintiffs Christopher Johnson and Tara Follari-Johnson filed a complaint against General Motors on December 19th, claiming that … [Read more...]
Woman Cleared of Negligent Homicide in Crash Due to GM Vehicle Recall
December 2, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Woman Cleared of Negligent Homicide Charges in Fatal Crash Because of GM Vehicle Recall On Monday, November 24th, a Texas judge cleared a woman of all negligent homicide charges related to a fatal 2007 car accident which killed her fiancée, after the accident was linked to defects in ignition switches in some older model General Motors vehicles which led to a GM vehicle recall earlier this year. Candice Anderson was driving a Saturn Ion, which was one of the 2.5 million defective cars under vehicle recall due to ignition switch problems. The … [Read more...]
Arizona’s Attorney General Sues GM for GM Ignition Switch Recall Delay
November 25, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Arizona Sues General Motors Over GM Ignition Switch Recall Delays The attorney general for Arizona has filed a lawsuit against General Motors for economic losses related to the 30 million cars under the GM Ignition switch recall, including the older model GM vehicles with faulty ignition switches. Arizona’s lawsuit, filed on Wednesday, November 19th under the Arizona Consumer Fraud Act, says the state lost at least $3 billion selling unsafe GM vehicles. About 300,000 cars, trucks, and SUVs registered in Arizona and made by GM have fallen … [Read more...]
GM Placed Order for Replacement Ignition Switches Before Vehicle Recall
November 12, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Revealed Emails Show GM Placed Replacement Ignition Switches Order Before Vehicle Recall According to an investigative report from the Wall Street Journal, General Motors placed an “urgent” replacement ignition switches order for 500,000 ignition switches in December 2013, although the automotive manufacturer did not issue its first ignition switch vehicle recall until February 2014. Earlier this year, GM issued a small vehicle recall because some older model cars – many dating back to 2004 and 2005, before GM won a bankruptcy filing in 2009 … [Read more...]
GM Offers Incentives for Ignition Switch Repairs
November 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Ignition Switch Injury Claims Rise, GM Offers Vehicle Recall Repair Incentives The deadline to file a personal injury claim with General Motors’ ignition switch settlement fund is the end of this year – December 31st, 2014. The number of personal injury claims involving GM’s 10-year delayed vehicle recall for faulty ignition switches has consistently grown, and recently, the company saw a small spike in the number of claims filed. On Friday, October 31st, the ignition switch settlement fund saw 4 additional wrongful death claims, and 174 new … [Read more...]
GM Ignition Switch Deaths Rise to 29
October 27, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Wrongful Death Tally Against GM’s Ignition Switch Delayed Vehicle Recall Rises to 29 According to the attorneys working with General Motors to manage the personal injury and wrongful death claims for the ignition switch victims’ compensation fund, the total number of people who died as a result of the delayed vehicle recall has risen to 29. The group says there have also been a confirmed 27 serious injuries related to the ignition switch crashes. The compensation fund has received 184 wrongful death claims involving automobile crashes due to … [Read more...]
GM Vehicle Recall Wrongful Death Toll Hits 27
October 17, 2014 By Leave a Comment
As Settlement Payments Offered, Wrongful Death Toll in Delayed Vehicle Recall Reaches 27 In February of this year, General Motors issued a small, quiet vehicle recall covering several hundred thousand older model cars that had a problem with the ignition switch. The cars came from model years 2004-2005, which meant that either the ignition switches were just starting to go bad after 10 years, or the company had delayed the vehicle recall for far too long. Unfortunately, the latter turned out to be the case. Through the spring and summer, GM … [Read more...]
Latest GM Vehicle Recall Covers Half-Million Cars
October 7, 2014 By Leave a Comment
Latest GM Vehicle Recall Involves Over 500,000 Cars and SUVs General Motors has had a tough year involving numerous vehicle recalls due to safety issues, along with class action lawsuits, personal injury and wrongful death complaints, and a federal investigation. The company’s vehicle recall woes began in February of this year, with a small vehicle recall of 10-year-old cars that had ignition switch problems. When confronted with the long-delayed recall, GM admitted that it knew about 13 deaths tied directly to ignition switch problems, which … [Read more...]
