A trust that pays the bankrupt company's creditors urged a judge to set aside earlier rulings that told the now-profitable GM it needn't pay customers for price drops of older, recalled vehicles. Drivers who were denied their rights in his court five years ago are entitled to sue now, it said in a Dec. 16 court filing.
The trust and its creditors counted more than 170 lawsuits mounted during 80 recalls of over 30 million cars, many with defective switches that GM "has been aware of, and concealed, for years." The automaker has no legal ground for asking the judge to shield it from customers, they said.
A 2009 sale order by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber in Manhattan let GM exit bankruptcy using government money to buy its predecessor's best assets. The Detroit-based automaker has told customers to sue the bankrupt remnant for the lost value of cars with defective switches, but the trust has said it has little left to pay new claims.
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