GM confronting Jan ignition hearing after US justice ruling

General Motors contingency face a jury hearing in Jan on allegations that injuries from a 2014 automobile pile-up arose from a automaker’s ignition-switch defect, a New York Federal decider ruled.

GM sought to boot Scheuer’s case, arguing, among other points, that it is safeguarded from most lawsuit over a ignition forsake since a forsake arose from actions of “Old GM” before to a 2009 bankruptcy.

Although GM has certified a couple between a inadequate ignition and airbag non-deployment, a association had also argued that there was no justification Scheuer’s injuries arose from a ignition switch defect.

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