As the first bellwether trial approached in sprawling litigation over General Motors Co.’s liability for selling defective ignition switches, the auto giant’s defense lawyers, led by Kirkland & Ellis’ Richard Godfrey and Robert “Mike” Brock, had a plan for undercutting plaintiff Robert Scheuer’s claims.
During opening statements on Jan. 12, Brock told a federal jury in Manhattan that GM would show that Scheuer, a 49-year-old postal worker, had overplayed the extent of his injuries following a crash in his Saturn Ion in 2014, after GM announced a massive recall in February of that year.
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