Posts tagged bankruptcy

• Chrysler Bankruptcy Update: Car Giant To Accept More Product Liability Claims.

  Wayne Parsons | August 28, 2009 6:47 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The AP (8/27) reported, Chrysler Group LLC said Thursday it will accept product liability claims in a broader number of cases than originally planned in its reorganization under bankruptcy...

• Sad Day For Americans: Judge Allows GM to Escape Payments to Victims of Injury and Death From Defective GM Cars

  Wayne Parsons | July 08, 2009 12:33 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  If the damage done to the American economy, American workers and all of us by the inept and perhaps crooked management at General Motors (GM), The U.S. Treasury and now a federal judge have told...

• Judge approves GM asset sale, clearing way for restructuring.

  Wayne Parsons | July 06, 2009 2:29 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  On the front page of its business section the New York Times (7/6, B1, De La Merced) reports that US Bankruptcy Court Judge Robert E. Gerber approved a plan by General Motors late on Sunday to...

• Treasury negotiating on GM's product liability.

  Wayne Parsons | June 26, 2009 2:26 PM | 6 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Wall Street Journal (6/26, B1, Spector, McCracken) reports on the front page of its Marketplace section, The U.S. Treasury Department is negotiating with more than a dozen state attorneys...

• State AGs challenging GM's liability plan.

  Wayne Parsons | June 22, 2009 3:49 PM | 2 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The Wall Street Journal (6/22, A4, Spector) reports, Eight state attorneys general are opposing a provision in General Motors Corp.'s bankruptcy plan that would free the auto maker from liability...

• Questions about automakers' liability loom during bankruptcy process.

  Wayne Parsons | June 04, 2009 8:53 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Bloomberg News (6/4, Andersen) reports, Plaintiffs in personal-injury and product-liability lawsuits against Chrysler LLC and General Motors Corp. are pressing members of Congress to ensure that...

• Consumer groups, trial attorneys criticize GM, Chrysler bankruptcy plans.(2)

  Wayne Parsons | June 03, 2009 8:08 AM | 4 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Hill (6/3, Swanson) reports, Consumer groups and trial lawyers are crying foul over the Obama administration's bankruptcy plans for General Motors and Chrysler because those plans would...

• Consumer groups, trial attorneys criticize GM, Chrysler bankruptcy plans.

  Wayne Parsons | June 03, 2009 8:08 AM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Miscellaneous
  

  The Hill (6/3, Swanson) reports, Consumer groups and trial lawyers are crying foul over the Obama administration's bankruptcy plans for General Motors and Chrysler because those plans would...

• As GM declares bankruptcy, Obama moves to reassure consumers.

  Wayne Parsons | June 02, 2009 9:18 AM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Media outlets last night and this morning focused much of their coverage of GM's bankruptcy on the government's 60% stake in the company, and on President Obama's assurances that he wants the...

• Lawyers Voice Objections to Chrysler Bankruptcy Plan.

  Wayne Parsons | May 22, 2009 5:24 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  The Detroit News (5/21, Priddle, Shepardson) reported, A flurry of objections in the Chrysler LLC bankruptcy case continue to be filed in advance of a hearing next week to approve a tie-up with Fiat...