Lawyers who’ve pursued General Motors for years over covering up a deadly ignition switch defect are cheering a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last week allowing many more lawsuits to go forward.

The high court let stand without comment an opinion issued last year by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit saying that GM could not escape lawsuits filed before its bankruptcy. The justices—without their newest colleague participating—denied GM’s certiorari petition last week.