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LexisNexis Legal Newsroom Staff
over 4 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Motorcyclist And GM Settle Action Involving Collision With Self-Driving Car
Oscar Willhelm Nilsson, a San Francisco motorcyclist, asserted that he was involved in a collision on Dec. 7, 2017 with a self-driving 2016 Chevrolet Bolt that was in self-driving mode. Nilsson claimed that after the Bolt switched lanes on the driver’s...
James Cordrey
over 11 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
GM, EPA Reach $23.79 Million Agreement On Superfund Cleanup Costs
NEW YORK - (Mealey's) The liquidation company for bankrupt General Motors Corp. on Jan. 30 reached a $23.79 million settlement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to resolve environmental liabilities related to Superfund sites in three states...
Maureen McGuire
over 8 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
Feinberg Outlines Details For Program To Compensate GM Ignition Switch Claimants
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey's) Compensation expert Kenneth Feinberg on June 30 outlined the details of a program for compensating claimants alleging death or injury in accidents related to defective General Motors (GM) ignition switches. Speaking...
Maureen McGuire
over 8 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
GM, Parents Of Woman Killed In Ignition-Switch Crash Reach Settlement
MARIETTA, Ga. — (Mealey’s) An attorney for the parents of a woman who died in an auto accident linked to an ignition-switch defect said in a telephone press conference March 16 that a confidential settlement reached with General Motors LLC...
James Cordrey
over 7 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
GM Will Pay $900 Million To Settle Defective Ignition Switch Claims
CHICAGO — (Mealey’s) General Motors LLC and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) on Sept. 17 announced that they have reached a $900 million settlement of claims against the automaker pertaining to the company’s misleading of the government...
Christopher Bauer
over 8 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
General Motors Agrees To Pay $35 Million Penalty For Violating Safety Laws
WASHINGTON, D.C. — (Mealey's) The U.S. Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced May 16 that General Motors (GM) has agreed to pay a record $35 million civil penalty and to take part...
James Cordrey
over 10 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
SAAB Sues General Motors For $3 Billion, Says Interference Resulted In Chapter 11 Bankruptcy
DETRIOT - (Mealey's) SAAB Automobiles AB and its Dutch owner, Spyker NV, on Aug. 6 sued General Motors Co. in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan, seeking $3 billion in damages for allegations that GM took actions that "had...
Emerson Heffner
over 12 years ago
Litigation
Litigation Blog
General Motors' Asbestos Liability Set At $625 Million
NEW YORK -- A New York federal bankruptcy judge approved an agreement on Feb. 14 in General Motors Corp.'s Chapter 11 bankruptcy case that fixes the debtors' aggregate liability for asbestos personal injury claims at $625 million ( In re: Motors...
Francine McKenna
over 12 years ago
Securities
Securities Law Blog
Deloitte, Delphi, and GM: Duped or Duplicitous?
It's as wicked as it seems... What the SEC is doing at Delphi is quite expedient. Merriam-Webster defines expedient as: 1: suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance 2: characterized by concern with what is opportune...
International & Foreign Law Community Staff
over 12 years ago
International Law
News Headlines
General Motors creates South American unit
DETROIT - (AP) General Motors Co. has carved up its international operations to create a unit that will serve South America where it controls about 20 percent of the market. The company said in a statement Tuesday that GM South America will be based...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
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Toyota Sues Old GM For California Plant Damages
TOKYO - (AP) Toyota is suing the company handling bankrupt General Motors' assets, demanding $73 million in damages from the shuttering of a joint-venture California plant. Toyota Motor Corp. spokesman Paul Nolasco said Wednesday the lawsuit was filed...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
News Headlines
Hebrew University Sues GM For People's Einstein Ad
DETROIT - (AP) An Israeli university that holds rights to Albert Einstein's image is asking General Motors Co. to pay for putting the physics pioneer in a magazine ad. The Detroit automaker grafted the Nobel Prize-winning German scientist's head...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 12 years ago
Litigation
News Headlines
Canadian Judge Clears Way For Ex-Dealers To Sue GM
DETROIT - (AP) A Canadian judge has ruled that more than 200 former General Motors dealers who businesses were eliminated in a 2009 restructuring can sue the company as a group. Ontario Superior Court Justice G.R. Strathy on Tuesday granted class action...
LexisNexis Litigation Resource Community Staff
over 11 years ago
Litigation
News Headlines
Lawsuit Says GM Failed To Fix Thousands Of Impalas
DETROIT - (AP) A lawsuit claims General Motors Co. treated the police better than it did average citizens when taking care of a defective part in 2007 and 2008 Chevrolet Impalas. The lawsuit alleges that Impalas from the two model years have defective...