Plaintiffs lawyers who have sued General Motors Co. over its ignition switch recalls on Thursday criticized the automaker’s internal investigative report as biased and incomplete.

The 315-page report, released on Thursday, concluded that GM failed to identify ignition switch defects—which have been linked to 13 deaths—due to incompetence among its employees, not a cover-up by senior executives. GM fired 15 employees and disciplined five others.

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