GM Gets Deadline Flurry of Compensation Claims

The Jan. 31 deadline for claims to General Motors’ victim compensation fund spurred a flurry of 1,100 new filings, reported The Detroit Bureau. The rush brought the total number of filings to 4,180, including 455 death benefits: an increase from 338 the week prior. Claims for the most severe injuries rose to 278, up from ... Read More »

GM Ignition Compensation Death Claims Rise to 49

General Motors’ ignition compensation fund said Monday it has approved 49 death claims, four more than the previous week, along with five new injury claims, reported The Detroit News. In total, GM compensation adviser Kenneth Feinberg has approved claims for 49 fatalities and 72 injury claims linked to defective ignition switches through Jan. 16, his ... Read More »

Approved Death Claims Related to GM Ignition Switch Recall Rise to 42

DETROIT – The number of approved death compensation claims related to a recall of a faulty General Motors ignition switch has risen to 42, reported MLive. The claims were approved by a fund set up by GM to compensate victims of a defective part in mid-to-late-2000s model cars that has led to a massive recall ... Read More »

Approved Death Claims Related to GM Ignition Switch Recall Rise to 36

The number of approved death compensation claims related to a recall of a faulty General Motors ignition switch has edged up to 36, reported MLive. The claims were approved by a fund set up by GM to compensate victims of a defective part in mid-to-late-2000s model cars that has led to a massive recall and ... Read More »

Deaths Linked to GM Ignition-Switch Defect Rise to 29

A program to compensate victims of a faulty ignition switch in General Motors Co (GM.N) vehicles has approved two new death claims, bringing the total number of deaths linked so far to the switch to 29, according to a report released on Monday by the lawyer overseeing the program, reported Reuters. Since it began accepting ... Read More »

GM Receives 120 Claims Tied to Ignition-Switch Defect

In its first eight days, General Motors Co.’s compensation program has received about 120 claims, more than half of which involved deaths allegedly linked to GM cars that were recalled earlier this year to fix an ignition-switch defect, reported The Wall Street Journal. Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer hired by GM to oversee the program, said ... Read More »

GM's Ignition-Switch Crisis Deepens; Death Toll Rises to 16

General Motors Plans to Offer a Broad Payout

Details Emerge About GM Plan to Pay Ignition-Switch Victims