General Motors Company and Motors Liquidation Corporation (f/k/a General Motors Corporation) are subject to litigation arising out of alleged product defects, including asbestos-related claims.
Detroit-based General Motors Company develops, produces and markets cars, trucks and parts worldwide. It operates through three…
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber in New York, on Aug. 9, 2010, granted permission to unsecured creditors of General Motors Corporation’s bankruptcy estate to request documents, after they agreed to keep sensitive information confidential, Bloomberg reports.
The case is styled In…
On May 14, 2010, John Wheeler Estep Jr., of Catlettsburg, Ky., filed an asbestos lawsuit against 56 defendant corporations in Kanawha Circuit Court, W.Va., The West Virginia Record reports.
On Oct. 30, 2009, Mr. Estep was diagnosed with lung cancer. He…
The Supreme Court of Delaware upheld the Superior Court of the State of Delaware’s decision, which ruled in favor of Roland Leo Grenier, Sr., in an asbestos case filed against General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company.
The case is styled…
Judge Robert Gerber of the federal bankruptcy court in Manhattan, on July 7, 2009, did not allow certain individuals claiming to have been harmed by General Motors Corporation vehicles to appeal directly to a U.S. federal appeals court against the…
General Motors Corporation, on June 25, 2009, was allowed to use up to US$33.3 billion to pay for its bankruptcy, after making a few changes to settle technical objections, USA Today reports.
U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber approved the financing after…
Creditors of General Motors Corporation, on June 24, 2009, says the new GM must accept some responsibility for product liability lawsuits and other legal claims, the Detroit Free Press reports.
The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors emphasized it backed the plan…
Harry J. Wilson, a member of the Obama administration’s auto task force testified on July 1, 2009 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in New York that General Motors Corporation must win approval to sell its best assets to a new…
The Superior Court of Delaware, New Castle County, noted remand revisions in the case styled Roland Leo Grenier, Sr., Plaintiff- Appellee v. General Motors Corporation and Ford Motor Company, Defendants-Appellants.
Judge Joseph R. Slights revised and corrected judgment in Civil Action…
General Motors Corporation, on June 19, 2009, opposed requests for an official tort claimant committee in its bankruptcy case by the consumer victims group and a group of people who say they have asbestos injury claims against the Company, Bloomberg…