GM Car Owners Attack Automaker Bid For Recall Protection
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General Motors Co.’s request for court protection from car-owner suits seeking compensation for recalled autos with defective ignition switches was attacked as legally “unsupportable.”
Car owners challenged GM’s position that it may compensate accident victims but not them, claiming in a court filing yesterday that GM committed fraud by not revealing the defects, allegedly known since 2001, or listing either group as creditors in its 2009 bankruptcy.