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GM Ignition Switch Lawsuits Spread to California, Michigan
The expected wave of would-be class-action lawsuits triggered by General Motors Co.'s belated recall of 1.6 million cars with defective ignition switches has spread from Texas to Michigan and California.
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The expected wave of would-be class-action lawsuits triggered by General Motors Co.'s belated recall of 1.6 million cars with defective ignition switches has spread from Texas to Michigan and California.
More lawsuits are inevitable after GM admitted last month that it knew about the flaw more than 10 years ago.
The defect has been linked to 12 fatalities resulting after the switch was jostled out of the "on" position by the driver's knee or a too-heavy keychain. Observers expect more deaths to be added to the list as liability lawyers comb the U.S. in search of additional plaintiffs.
The current General Motors Co. has been shielded by court order from liability claims before July 10, 2009 the day it was relaunched after the old General Motors Corp. went bankrupt.
The latest lawsuit, filed this week in California, claims liability should transfer to new GM because the current company "continued the deception" begun by old GM by selling cars that were known to be defective.
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