Chrysler/GM Bankruptcy Media Coverage
Chrysler Changes Stance, It Will Accept Product Liability Claims [ConsumerReport.org, 8/28/09]
Chrysler Said to Set Board Review of Models, Fiat Integration [Bloomberg, 08/28/09]
Chrysler To Assume Product Liability It Had Shed In Bankruptcy [Detroit News, 08/28/09]
Chrysler To Accept More Product Liability Claims [Michigan Auto News, 08/28/09]
Chrysler Guilty of Morally Bankrupt Ploy [Las Vegas Sun, 08/05/09]
The Ford Rollover Litigation: The Scoop On the Coupons [Wall Street Journal, 08/03/09]
Feds Set Up Consumer Agency in China [Sarasota Herald Tribune, 08/03/09]
Appeals Court Upholds Lopsided Award Against Ford Motor Co. [New Jersey Law Journal, 07/31/09]
Obama Picks Former Kentucky Congresswoman For CPSC [Washington Post, 07/30/09]
Germany Wants Crash Info From ‘Old’ GM [Wall Street Journal, 07/30/09]
Accident Victims, Families Protest at Chrysler [ABC News, 07/28/09]
3 Killed in Romulus Accident [ABC News, 07/28/09]
Chrysler Injury Victims Protest Outside Company Headquarters [ABC News, 07/27/09]
Lawsuit Immunity Protestors Vow to Confront New Chrysler [USA Today, 07/27/09]
Chrysler Victims Send Message To CEO [Detroit News, 07/27/09]
Rep. Bruce Braley on Chrysler/GM Liability: “It has enormous economic consequences” [Daily Kos, 07/24/09]
Liability Provisions of GM Reorganization Are Little Solace to Some [Kansas City Star, 07/23/09]
Rep. Diana DeGette on Chrysler/GM Liability: “Talk about leaner and meaner” [Daily Kos, 07/22/09]
Auto Task Force Under Fire on Dealer Closings [Detroit News, 07/22/09]
U.S. Withheld Data on Risks of Distracted Driving [New York Times, 07/20/09]
New GM In Line For Billions In Tax Breaks [Detroit Free Press, 07/12/09]
GM, Chrysler Bankruptcies Make Targets of Dealers, Suppliers [Bloomberg.com, 07/11/09]
It’s The End of The Road For Many GM and Chrysler Lawsuits [Los Angeles Times, 07/11/09]
Weekend Opinionator: Is G.M. Back From the Dead? [New York Times, 07/10/09]
AP Source: GM Emerges From Bankruptcy [Huffington Post, 07/10/09]
Consumer Groups Seek Liability Warning On Used Chryslers [Automotive News, 07/08/09]
GM Sale Appeal Can’t Skip Court, Block Deal’s Closing [Bloomberg, 07/08/09]
As GM Owners, Americans Need to Look to Their Declaration [Huffington Post, 07/08/09]
Consumer Groups Reportedly Asking For Liability Warning Labels On Used Chryslers [Autoblog, 07/08/09]
State Attorneys General Welcome Revisions on GM Liability Claims [Kansas City Business Journal, 07/08/09]
Judge Denies Motion to Fast-Track GM Sale Appeal [Associated Press, 07/08/09]
Consumer Claimants Ask to Take GM Appeal to Circuit [Reuters, 07/07/09]
New GM May Be Spared From Past Liability Suits [Arizona Star, 07/07/09]
Bankruptcies Leave GM, Chrysler Defect Victims in the Dust [ABC News, 07/08/09]
What’s Next For The Victims Of Defective GM and Chrysler Vehicles? [The PopTort, 07/07/09]
U.S. Lawyer: New GM Could Make Its Debut Thursday [Detroit Free Press, 07/07/09]
Post-Bankruptcy GM Will Have Work Cut Out for It [Washington Post, 07/07/09]
GM Timetable Faces a Big Glitch This Week [Kansas City Star, 07/06/09]
Meltdown 101: GM’s Bankruptcy and Liability Claims [SeattlePI, 07/06/09]
GM Bankruptcy Approved, But Victims Fight “Far From Over” [The PopTort, 07/06/09]
GM Clears A Major Hurdle [Reuters, 07/06/09]
GM Asset Sale Gets Judge’s Nod [Wall Street Journal, 07/06/09]
Bankruptcy Court Judge OKs General Motors Sale [Business Journal, 07/06/09]
U.S. Judge Approves Plan to Sell GM Assets [Market Watch, 07/06/09]
Auto Bankruptcies May Preclude Lawsuits [Burlington Free Press, 07/06/09]
Appeals Loom in GM Plan to Sell Assets [Associated Press, 07/06/09]
GM Creditors Won’t Seek to Block Sale During Appeal [Bloomberg, 07/06/09]
GM Asset Sale Gets Judge’s Nod [Wall Street Journal, 07/06/09]
Plan to Sell G.M.’s Assets Is Approved [New York Times, 07/06/09]
GM Asset Sale Approved [Detroit News, 07/05/09]
GM and Chrysler Bankruptcies Means Car Accident Victims in The Lurch [Injury Board.com, 07/03/09]
FTC Urged to Require Warnings on Chryslers [Washington Post, 07/03/09]
Why You Should Support the Jeremy Warriner Consumer Protection Act [Blogger.com, 07/03/09]
FTC Urged to Require Warnings on Chryslers [Washington Post, 07/03/09]
Despite Of What You May Have Heard, GM Will NOT Honor Current Liability Claims [The PopTort, 07/02/09]
Consumer Groups Fights For Owners’ Rights [ABC News, 07/02/09]
GM Looks Likely to Walk Away From Liabilities from Defective Old Cars [The Agonist, 07/02/09]
GM Urges Quick Approval of Sale Plan [The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, 07/02/09]
GM Lawyer Urges Judge to Approve Asset Sale [Detroit News, 07/02/09]
GM Awaits Judge’s Decision on Sale of Best Assets [Detroit News, 07/02/09]
David v. Goliath at the GM Bankruptcy Hearing [The PopTort, 07/01/09]
Live Blogging the GM Sales Hearing: Are Consumers Getting a Raw Deal? [The American Lawyer Daily, 07/01/09]
General Motors Bankruptcy meets Protest from UAW, Retirees, Car Owners [Automotive, 07/01/09]
G.M. and Chrysler Liability Differences [Wheels NY Times, 07/01/09]
Carson Wants Automakers Held Accountable [nwi.com, 07/01/09]
G.M. and Chrysler Liability Differences [New York Times, 07/01/09]
Carson Wants Automakers Held Accountable [NWI, 07/01/09]
Consumers Injured by Defective GM Cars Continue Fight at Federal Bankruptcy Court Today [The Pop Tort, 06/30/09]
GM Looks Likely to Walk Away From Liabilities from Defective Old Cars [My DD,06/30/09]
“New GM” Will Cover Future Product-Liability Claims, But Not Pending Ones [Consumers Report, 06/30/09]
GM Liability Agreement No Help to Smithtown Family [Newsday, 06/30/09]
Chrysler Sheds Liability in Bankruptcy, GM Doesn’t [WFAA-TV Dallas/Fort Worth, 06/30/09]
GM Bankruptcy and Financial News [The Associated Press, 06/30/09]
Will the New General Motors be Responsible For Those Injured in Old GM Vehicles? Yes and No [Michigan Auto, 06/30/09]
Recourse for GM Product Liability Claims? [Fox Business News, 06/30/09]
Henderson: GM Faces July 10 Liquidation if Asset Sale is Denied [Detroit News, 06/30/09]
Accident Victims Stand to Lose in GM Deal [CBS News, 06/30/09]
GM Plaintiffs Take Back Seat [CBS News, 06/30/09]
BREAKING: GM Set to Screw Victims of Defects. Call the Whitehouse! [The Daily Kos, 06/29/09]
SmarTrend(R) News Watch: GM Assumes Liability for Injuries From Vehicle Defects [Fox News, 06/29/09]
Behind the GM Product-Liability Talks [Wall Street Journal, 06/29/09]
GM Reverses Stance on Liability Claims [Consumers Report, 06/29/09]
GM to Allow Some Product Liability Claims [Washington Post, 06/29/09]
GM Agrees to Liability for Defects After Bankruptcy [Wall Street Journal, 06/29/09]
GM to Honor Liability Claims [ Detroit News, 06/29/09]
GM to Take on Future Product Liability Claims [USA Today, 06/29/09]
Carson Wants Restructured Automakers to have Liability for Products [WTHR, 13, 06/29/09]
Carson Authors Bill to Force GM, Chrysler to Cover Future and Current Liability Claims [Carson Authors Press Release, 06/29/09]
Carson Wants Restructured Auto Makers to Have Liability for Products [WTHR, 06/29/09]
GM Broadens Product Liability Pact [Wall Street Journal, 06/29/09]
GM looks in the Face of Liability and Laughs [The CarGurus Blog, 06/29/09]
GM to Allow Some Product Liability Claims [Washington Post, 06/29/09]
GM To Be Liable For Future Claims [BBC News, 06/29/09]
GM Reached Deal With Crash Victims [American Thinker, 06/28/09]
GM Accepts Product Liability in Bid to Clear Sale [Reuters, 06/28/09]
GM to take on Future Liability Claims [USA Today / AP, 06/28/09]
GM Agrees to Liability for Defects After Bankruptcy [Wall Street Journal, 06/28/09]
G.M. to Maintain Legal Liability for Claims [New York Times, 06/27/09]
Op-Ed: What if a GM Car Blows Up? [Traverse City Record-Eagle, 06/27/09]
Treasury, GM Close to Reaching Deal on Legal Claims [Washington Post, 06/27/09]
Jeremy Warriner Consumer Protection Act of 2009 [The Library of Congress, 06/26/09]
Study Forecasts Deaths, Injuries after GM, Chrysler Bankruptcies [Insurance Journal, 06/26/09]
GM Bankruptcies Could Mean Dead End for Cases [WMAR, ABC 2, Baltimore, MD, 06/26/09]
GM Dealers, Litigants want Access to State Courts [Automotive News, 06/26/09]
Car Liability, Dealers Pose New Hurdles For GM Plan [Wall Street Journal, 06/26/09]
Comcast Pulls Ad Critical of GM Plan to Check Claims [Bloomberg, 06/25/09]
Bankruptcies taking away your right to sue? [6ABC Philadelphia, 06/24/09]
New Chrysler gets exemption from liability in lawsuits [Detroit Free Press, 06/24/09]
Bankruptcy law protects GM, Chrysler, but not accident victims [KHOU, 06/24/09]
Scot-Free? Language in carmakers’ fast-tracked bankruptcy cases could let them walk away from past and future accidents caused by defects in their products [NBC 5 Chicago, 06/23/09]
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Consumer groups object to GM bankruptcy [Consumer Reports, 06/23/09]
Lawsuits Seek to Block GM Bankruptcy Sale [US News & World Report, 06/22/09]
Auto deals leave victims without day in court [9News Colorado, 06/22/09]
Montana AG Objects to Provisions of GM Bankruptcy [Associated Press, 06/22/09]
Bankruptcy Hits Home for Midstate Family [Macon Telegraph, 06/22/09]
Atty: Chrysler, GM owners could be ‘abandoned’ in bankruptcy [ABC 15, Phoenix, 06/21/09]
GM’s Sale Opposed by 10 States, Union Retirees and Chrysler [Bloomberg, 06/20/09)
Bankruptcy Takes Away Plaintiffs' Day in Court [Detroit News, 06/20/09]
GM pact hit over liability on defects [New Haven Register, 06/20/09]
Chrysler Injury Lawsuits in Limbo [Atlanta Journal Constitution, 06/20/09]
GM’s Sale Opposed by 10 States, Union Retirees and Chrysler[Bloomberg, 06/20/09]
Snag in GM Asset Sale [Detroit News, 06/20/09]
GM Liability Plan Challenged [Wall Street Journal, 06/20/09]
Attorney General Objects in Bankruptcy Court to Efforts to Escape Product Liability for Defective GM Vehicles [Hartford Courant, 06/19/09]
Car Crash Victims Collide with Chrysler Victims [LA Times, 06/18/09]
Groups Say ‘New’ Carmakers Should Pay for Past Injuries [Washington Post, 06/18/09]
Rockefeller wants more from GM and Chrysler [The Charleston Gazette, 06/17/09]
GM Tort Claimants Likely to Object to Treasury Sale [Bloomberg, 06/12/09]
Bankruptcies turn aside lawsuits over safety issues [Kansas City Star, 06/12/09]
Consumer safety concerns hidden in auto recovery plans [Medill Reports Washington, 06/11/09]
GM, Chrysler may dodge liability lawsuits [Scripps Howard, 06/10/09]
‘New’ Chrysler Shielded from ‘Old’ Product Liability [Business Week, 06/10/09]
Want to sue over a defect in your Chrysler-made car? You may be out of luck, consumer advocates warn [USA Today, 06/10/09]
‘New’ Chrysler Shielded from ‘Old’ Product Liability [BusinessWeek, 06/10/09]
GM, Chrysler may dodge liability lawsuits [Scripps News, 06/10/09]
Chrysler cleared, but GM bankruptcy may come calling at Supreme Court next [National Law Journal, 06/10/09]
Chrysler poised to close sale, exit Chapter 11 [Associated Press, 06/10/09]
Consumer group pans Chrysler deal [UPI, 06/10/09]
Fiat deal leaves Chrysler claimants in dust [Lawyers USA, 06/10/09]
Fiat Said to Buy Chrysler Assets Tomorrow to Form New Automaker [Bloomberg, 06/09/09]
Chrysler Sale to Fiat Allowed to Proceed by Top Court [Bloomberg, 06/09/09]
Plaintiffs’ Lawyers Seek Successor Claimant Rights in Chrysler Sale [Lawyers USA, 06/09/09]
Fiat will Stick with Chrysler Despite Deal Delay [ABC News 06/09/09]
Smithtown family’s GM lawsuit hurt by bankruptcy [Newsday, 06/08/09]
Supreme Court Temporarily Halts Chrysler Sale [WPTV, West Palm Beach, FL 06/08/09]
High Court Keep Chrysler Deal on Hold [LA Times, 06/08/09]
Supreme Court Delays Sale of Chrysler to Fiat [NY Times 06/08/09]
Chrysler Bankruptcy may Wipe Out Hundreds of Cases [WFLX, Palm Beach FL 06/08/09]
Ron Bloom to Testify on GM, Chrysler Restructuring [Detroit News, 06/08/09]
Fiat Would Have Assumed Victims Lawsuits Against Chrysler [Huffington Post, 06/08/09]
Supreme Court Delays Chrysler Sale as it Continues Review [Detroit News, 06/08/09]
High Court Asked to Block Chrysler Sale to Fiat [MSNBC, 06/07/09]
Two-time victims in Chrysler’s bankruptcy [Philadelphia Inquirer, 06/07/09]
Court approves Chrysler sale to Fiat [MSNBC, 06/05/09]
GM – and a family’s loss [Anderson Cooper 360, 06/04/09]
Consumers Seek Relief as Chrysler Bankruptcy Derails Lawsuits [Bloomberg, 06/04/09]
Bankruptcy protecting lawsuits? [CNN, 06/03/09]
Hardest-hit victims of the auto bankruptcies [MSNBC, 06/03/09]
Defective Car Claims [Fox 5 Washington DC, 06/03/09]
Crash Victim: Auto Bankruptcies Will ‘Wipe Out’ Our Rights [ABC News Blotter, 06/03/09]
Million of Chrysler and GM Owners Could Lose Critical Protections [KHOU Houston, 06/03/09]
Crash Victims: Auto Bankruptcies Will ‘Wipe Out’ Our Rights [ABC News, 06/03/09]
Thousands Injured By Faulty Car Parts Can’t Sue? [WCVBTV Boston, 06/03/09]
Scarborough Woman Lost Arm, Could Lose Lawsuit, Too [WMTW Portland, ME, 06/03/09]
Lawyers cry foul over GM [The Hill, 06/02/09]
Chrysler bankruptcy leaves injured consumers without recourse [Consumer Reports Cars Blog, 05/22/09]
Chrysler Bankruptcy: Consumer Groups Object [ABC News, 05/20/09]

