Attorneys for General Motors and plaintiffs battled it out before a federal judge Friday over a claim that GM and outside counsel King & Spalding engaged in a racketeering enterprise by covering up long-known defects with ignition switches.

Southern District Judge Jesse Furman heard oral arguments on plaintiffs’ allegation that the conspiracy between GM, the law firm and the claims administrator set up to compensate aggrieved consumers caused all those who bought any cars from GM, and not just cars with defects, to lose money on the resale of their vehicles.

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