(Allan) It may take months or even years before we realize the full scope of devastation caused by the defective ignition switches in General Motors vehicles. But each week the picture becomes a bit clearer. This week, the overseer of the independent compensation fund announced that two more deaths were the direct result of the defect that went ignored for more than a decade. Those two additional deaths bring the total toll to 23 – 10 more than General Motors originally admitted were a result of the defect, Reuters reports. Ken Feinberg, the lawyer appointed to the head up the fund, announced Monday that the fund has received 867 claims for compensation for serious injuries or deaths related to the switch issue since the fund began accepting claims on August 1. While eligible death claims increased from last week’s tally of 21, no additional serious physical injury claims were approved. Claims will continue to be accepted and investigated until December 31. GM’s initial tally of 13 deaths only included drivers and front-seat passengers who were killed when their airbags failed to deploy because the ignition had inadvertently been turned off.
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Ashlee Kieler, The Consumerist
Mon, 09/29/2014 - 8:17am
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