Posts tagged general motors

• GM Posts All-Time Record Profit - But What About Injured Victims?

  Brett Emison | February 16, 2012 11:44 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Two years after exiting from bankruptcy, General Motors posted its largest ever annual profit. For 2011, all Big 3 US automakers posted profits. GM earned net profits of $7.6 billion for...

• US Chamber Hypocrisy On Lawsuit Abuse

  Brett Emison | October 26, 2011 1:07 PM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  The American Association for Justice has released a scathing report on the hypocrisy of US Chamber of Commerce and its members regarding tort reform, access to civil justice, and lawsuit abuse. The...

• Victims Left Out Of GM / Chrysler Recoveries

  Brett Emison | May 31, 2011 11:01 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  As I have written here since September 2009, the GM and Chrysler bailouts unnecessarily penalized auto product defect victims by lumping them in with other unsecured creditors (like pension plans...

• GM Posts Largest Profit In More Than A Decade

  Brett Emison | May 05, 2011 11:20 AM | 3 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  General Motors (GM) recorded its largest profit in 11 years during the first quarter of 2011, earning $3.2 billion in just the last 3 months -- almost $1.5 million per hour (24 hours/day). GM sold...

• GM IPO: Who's Left Out?

  Brett Emison | November 16, 2010 11:31 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  GM is set to raise more than $60 billion in its initial public offering set for Thursday. Demand for the new stock has been so high that the US Treasury -- 61% owner of the auto giant -- is set to...

• GM Set To Raise More Than $60 Billion In IPO

  Brett Emison | November 14, 2010 12:01 PM | 1 CommentKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  Following news last week of GM's $2 billion 3Q profit -- the automaker's most profitable quarter in six years, we've learned that GM's initial public offering will raise more than $60 billion for...

• GM $2 Billion 3Q Profit Best In 6 Years

  Brett Emison | November 10, 2010 10:38 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  US Automaker General Motors posted its best quarterly profit in six years, announcing that it made nearly $2 billion dollars in the last three months. Most of the profit came from GM's North...

• Laurence Tribe's Comments On Sonya Sotomayor

  Brett Emison | October 29, 2010 9:24 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Miscellaneous
  

  There has been lots of coverage regarding a private letter Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe wrote to President Obama after it was announced that Justice David Souter would step down from the...

• GM Recalling 1.5 Million Vehicles For Fire Hazard

  Brett Emison | June 09, 2010 10:45 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Defective & Dangerous Products
  

  GM said Tuesday, June 8, 2010 that it would recall 1.5 million vehicles from 2006 - 2009 model years because the vehicles' heated washer-fluid system could short circuit and cause a fire. Models...

• More Recall: First Toyota, Now GM

  Brett Emison | March 03, 2010 9:53 AM | 0 CommentsKansas City, MO Category: Automobile Accidents
  

  CNN has reported that General Motors has recalled 1.3 million Chevrolet and Pontiac models because of power steering failures that caused at least 14 crashes and one injury. From...