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Fourth GM Ignition Switch Bellwether Lawsuit Dismissed
General Motors Co. says a fourth test case involving its faulty ignition switches has been dropped by plaintiffs.
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General Motors Co. says a fourth test case involving its faulty ignition switches has been dropped by plaintiffs. The complaint had been scheduled to begin a jury trial in July.
The ruling marks the fourth consecutive win for GM in a series of six so-called bellwether lawsuits being heard this year before the New York City court of U.S. Circuit Court Judge Jesse Furman. The outcomes of the cases are intended to help both sides settle 234 similar lawsuits aggregated in Furman’s court.
The complaints blame injuries and/or fatalities on crashes caused when the ignition switches abruptly shut off the engine, power steering, power brakes and airbags.
Plaintiffs in the first lawsuit dropped their case after GM presented evidence they had lied to the court. The jury in the second trial agreed the GM switch was defective but said the device didn’t cause the low-speed crash cited in the complaint. Last week GM settled the third case, which involved a fatality, to avoid a trial.
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