General Motors Co. and plaintiffs lawyers are fighting over the scope of the upcoming deposition of the lawyer whose report on the company’s ignition-switch defect blamed a handful of employees for the fiasco.
Jenner & Block chairman Anton Valukas issued the 315-page report last year explaining how GM failed for more than a decade to identify a defect that causes the ignition switch to slip into the accessory position, shutting down engines and disabling airbags.The defect prompted recalls of 2.6 million cars and trucks worldwide and has been linked to 124 deaths.
This content has been archived. It is available through our partners, LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law.
To view this content, please continue to their sites.
Not a Lexis Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
Not a Bloomberg Law Subscriber?
Subscribe Now
LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law are third party online distributors of the broad collection of current and archived versions of ALM's legal news publications. LexisNexis® and Bloomberg Law customers are able to access and use ALM's content, including content from the National Law Journal, The American Lawyer, Legaltech News, The New York Law Journal, and Corporate Counsel, as well as other sources of legal information.
For questions call 1-877-256-2472 or contact us at [email protected]
