Our hearts go out to families and friends of people who died or were injured in defective vehicles this year. As an LA accident lawyer we see many horrible cases in which a vehicle accident lawyer is needed. We just heard about a prominent Texas personal injury attorney filing a new lawsuit against General Motors. We are thoughts go out to those affected.
The Texas attorney filed a new lawsuit against General Motors Co. on behalf of 156 people
who died or were injured in allegedly defective vehicles recalled this
year by the automaker — but who likely are not eligible for GM’s victims
compensation fund.
That compensation fund,
which begins taking claims Friday, is limited to the 2.59 million older
Chevrolet Cobalts, Saturn Ions and other cars GM recalled earlier this
year for ignition switch defects in which air bags did not deploy. GM
has said it has no plans to expand the fund.
GM
is waiving its bankruptcy liability shield in the 2.59 million vehicle
population related to compensation fund claims but is not for crashes
that happened prior to its 2009 bankruptcy that happened in other
recalled vehicles.
“We want to do the right thing for the people who were physically injured or lost a loved one as a result of an ignition switch issue in a Cobalt or one the other recalled small cars,” GM spokesman Jim Cain said in an emailed statement. “They should file a compensation claim, and Mr. Feinberg will independently evaluate them beginning on Aug. 1.”
“We want to do the right thing for the people who were physically injured or lost a loved one as a result of an ignition switch issue in a Cobalt or one the other recalled small cars,” GM spokesman Jim Cain said in an emailed statement. “They should file a compensation claim, and Mr. Feinberg will independently evaluate them beginning on Aug. 1.”
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