NEW YORK – The first jury trial against General Motors over an ignition switch defect linked to 124 deaths and scores of injuries started Monday in a federal court in New York.
GM reached settlements with hundreds of victims of the faulty switch – which, in some cases, caused ignitions to unintentionally switch out of the “on” position, disabling airbags – but a number of suits are pending against the carmaker, brought by both drivers and their beneficiaries.
