Ten times more deaths linked to faulty switch than GM first reported - Fortune
originally said it knew of only 13 deaths related to the switches—meaning Feinberg’s office determined the actual death numbers were nearly ten times higher. Feinberg, who most recently advised on compensation issues related to the Boston Marathon bombing, was hired by GM as a consultant to advise the automaker how to respond to families of accident victims whose vehicles are being recalled for... Feinberg’s office reviewed claims of injury and death linked to the faulty switches, which led to a recall of about 2. 6 million cars worldwide. Feinberg’s office rejected 91% of the 4,343 claims filed with the GM Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility. In February 2014, General Motors issued a recall of the 2003-2007 model year Chevrolet Cobalt, Chevrolet HHR, Saturn Ion, Saturn Sky, Pontiac G5, and Pontiac Solstice. Problems with the ignition switch were identified within the company as early as 2001 in a pre-production report for the model year 2003 Saturn Ion, according to documents provided last year to the House. Source: fortune.com
