NJ Gets $4.1M Slice of $120M GM Ignition Switch Settlement
New Jersey is to receive $4.1 million of a $120 million multistate settlement with General Motors to resolve allegations that the company failed to disclose an ignition switch defect that could have caused engines to suddenly shut off during normal operations.
October 19, 2017 at 03:18 PM
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New Jersey is to receive $4.1 million of a $120 million multistate settlement with General Motors to resolve allegations that the company failed to disclose an ignition switch defect that could have caused engines to suddenly shut off during normal operations.
New Jersey Attorney General Christopher Porrino in an Oct. 19 statement said the “deadly” defect could have affected “millions” of GM-made cars.
The overall $120 million settlement—involving 48 states and the District of Columbia—concludes a multijurisdictional investigation into GM's conduct in connection with millions of vehicles equipped with the ignition switch, which could render power brakes, steering, air bags and other key functions inoperative upon failing, according to the statement.
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