Lawyers have proposed a timetable for deciding whether General Motors Co.’s 2009 bankruptcy bars most of the lawsuits filed over its ignition-switch recalls.

GM, which recalled 2.6 million vehicles earlier this year over ignition-switch defects, moved last month to prevent class actions from going forward on behalf of consumers seeking economic damages, such as the lost value of their cars. Plaintiffs lawyers objected to the motion.

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