The defect linked to the death of “Star Trek” actor Anton Yelchin has shifted into a big headache for Chrysler, which was sued on Wednesday by two drivers who were injured when their vehicles rolled over them.
The new suits add to about a dozen class actions brought by car owners with economic damages against FCA US LLP, a division of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., which recalled more than 800,000 vehicles in April over its electronic gearshift. The U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation is set to hear arguments on coordinating all the gearshift litigation on Sept. 29 in Washington.
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