A federal judge in Michigan is considering whether to stay a consolidated shareholder derivative case against General Motors Co. over its ignition-switch recalls pending another judge’s ruling in a similar action in Delaware, according to a lawyer in the case.
U.S. District Judge Robert Cleland originally scheduled oral arguments for Thursday on whether to dismiss the Michigan case, which alleges that GM’s directors and officers, including chief executive officer Mary Barra, cost the automaker billions of dollars by mishandling the ignition-switch defect. GM recalled 2.6 million cars and trucks worldwide for the problem, which shuts down engines, disabling air bags and power steering.
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