Former GM CEO Wagoner to answer recall questions - The Detroit News
Washington — Former General Motors CEO Rick Wagoner, who led the automaker before its 2009 bankruptcy and was fired by the Obama administration, will be deposed by lawyers suing the Detroit automaker over the company's delayed ignition switch... Bob Hilliard, a Texas attorney who is one of three lead attorneys for class-action personal injury and death lawsuits against GM, said Tuesday he is seeking to land depositions of Wagoner's successors as CEO: Fritz Henderson, Ed Whitacre and Dan... Lawyers also will question GM's former top lawyer and the lead author of an internal investigation into why it took GM more than a decade to recall cars for the ignition switch defect. A list of current and former GM employees and executives obtained by The Detroit News from Hilliard discloses interviews that haven't previously been made public. Former GM general counsel Michael Millikin, who came under heavy criticism from members of Congress, is to be questioned Aug. Anton Valukas, who wrote GM's internal report, will be questioned Sept. His internal report on the company's callback delay, written after reviewing 41 million pages of records and interviewing 230 witnesses, painted a devastating picture of a company where no one took responsibility and executives repeatedly failed... Source: www.detroitnews.com
