Posts tagged gm

• 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...

• GM agrees to take responsibility for future liability claims.

  Wayne Parsons | June 29, 2009 2:57 PM | 5 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The AP (6/28, Fowler) reported General Motors has agreed to take on responsibility for future product liability claims, removing what could have been a sizable roadblock on the company's way to a...

• 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...

• Hawaii Consumer Alert: GM and Isuzu Truck Recall Raises Concerns Because Bailout Eliminates Product Liability Claims For Injury or death

  Wayne Parsons | August 06, 2009 5:41 PM | 1 CommentHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  In a report in U.S. News & World Report a pickup truck recall is initiated by automakers. A brake light defect in General Motors trucks could lead to an an accident. GM is recalling about...

• 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...

• 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...

• GM Recalls 4,304 cars with an airbag defect

  Wayne Parsons | May 24, 2012 1:59 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  Reuters reports that GM is recalling a lot of cars over an airbag safety issue. The Huffington post reports the story today: Chevrolet Malibu Eco Recall: GM Recalling 4,304 Cars Over Airbag Issue...

• 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...

• 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...

• Stalled suits against drugmakers proceeding after Supreme Court preemption decision.

  Wayne Parsons | April 30, 2009 12:16 PM | 0 CommentsHonolulu, HI Category: FDA & Prescription Drugs
  

  Bloomberg News (4/30, Fisk, Feeley) reports, Just two months after the U.S. Supreme Court decided patients can sue drugmakers over injuries from medicines approved by the government, long-stalled...