In a bellwether car accident lawsuit\u00a0on the widespread GM ignition switch failure, a jury found that:<\/p>\n
The outcome was both good news and bad news. The bad news is that for this particular plaintiff, she did not prevail in the assertion that the auto manufacturer was liable to pay her damages. However, for future cases, the finding that the ignition switch defect created an unreasonable danger and the company failed to warn about it was significant.<\/span><\/p>\n This was the second bellwether case on this issue, and it was one that was closely watched after the first was abruptly dismissed following allegations that the victim was dishonest on the witness stand.<\/p>\n In this case, the company insisted this particular car accident<\/a>, which occurred on (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a bellwether car accident lawsuit\u00a0on the widespread GM ignition switch failure, a jury found that: The GM ignition switch was faulty; This defect rendered vehicles unreasonably unsafe; GM failed to provide adequate warning of this dangerous defect; This defect…<\/span><\/p>\n