General Motors Sued For 15 Alleged Defects - CarComplaints.com
— As General Motors continues to evaluate death and injury claims submitted to its ignition switch compensation fund , many GM owners have skipped applying to the fund and instead filed lawsuits. A Texas lawsuit is the latest such lawsuit to accuse GM of selling 15 million vehicles with deadly ignition switch defects. The ignition switch lawsuit alleges GM kept quiet for 13 years as its own engineers were reporting problems with the ignition switches that could accidentally turn off if bumped by the driver's knee. These same ignition switches have caused millions of GM vehicles to be recalled while GM management faced tough questions at congressional hearings. While the number of ignition switch lawsuits exploded, GM created a compensation fund to reimburse those directly affected by the faulty switches. The compensation fund has also allowed people to apply for payment even though they might not have much of a case if they sued GM. Those people are owners who were drinking or speeding when an accident occurred, two things that could certainly be... Source: www.carcomplaints.com
