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2024-09-06 19:47:30 UTC
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/gm-must-face-big-class-191425891.html
(Reuters) - General Motors (GM) was ordered by a federal appeals court to
face a class action claiming it violated laws of 26 U.S. states by
knowingly selling several hundred thousand cars, trucks and SUVs with
faulty transmissions.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a lower court judge had
discretion to let drivers sue in groups over Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC
vehicles equipped with 8L45 or 8L90 eight-speed automatic transmissions,
and sold in the 2015 through 2019 model years.
Drivers said the vehicles shudder and shake in higher gears, and hesitate
and lurch in lower gears, even after repair attempts. They also accused GM
of telling dealers to provide assurance that harsh shifts were "normal."
GM did not immediately respond on Thursday to requests for comment. The
decision was issued on Wednesday by a three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-
based appeals court.
Class actions can result in greater recoveries at lower cost than if
plaintiffs were forced to sue individually.
The GM litigation covers about 800,000 vehicles, including 514,000 in the
certified classes.
Vehicles include the Cadillac CTS, CT6 and Escalade; Chevrolet Camaro,
Colorado, Corvette and Silverado; and GMC Canyon, Sierra and Yukon, among
others.
In opposing class certification, GM said most class members never
experienced problems and therefore lacked standing to sue.
It also said there were too many differences among class members to
justify group lawsuits.
Circuit Judge Karen Nelson Moore, however, said overpaying for allegedly
defective vehicles was enough to establish standing.
She also said "exactly how, and to what extent, each of the individual
plaintiffs experienced a shudder or shift quality issue is irrelevant" to
whether GM concealed known defects, and whether drivers would have found
that information material.
The court also rejected GM's argument that many potential claims belonged
in arbitration.
It returned the case to U.S. District Judge David Lawson in Detroit, who
certified the classes in March 2023.
"We look forward to holding GM accountable before a Michigan jury," Ted
Leopold, a Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll partner representing the drivers,
said in a statement.
The case is Speerly et al v. General Motors LLC, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals, No. 23-1940.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
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(Reuters) - General Motors (GM) was ordered by a federal appeals court to
face a class action claiming it violated laws of 26 U.S. states by
knowingly selling several hundred thousand cars, trucks and SUVs with
faulty transmissions.
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said a lower court judge had
discretion to let drivers sue in groups over Cadillac, Chevrolet and GMC
vehicles equipped with 8L45 or 8L90 eight-speed automatic transmissions,
and sold in the 2015 through 2019 model years.
Drivers said the vehicles shudder and shake in higher gears, and hesitate
and lurch in lower gears, even after repair attempts. They also accused GM
of telling dealers to provide assurance that harsh shifts were "normal."
GM did not immediately respond on Thursday to requests for comment. The
decision was issued on Wednesday by a three-judge panel of the Cincinnati-
based appeals court.
Class actions can result in greater recoveries at lower cost than if
plaintiffs were forced to sue individually.
The GM litigation covers about 800,000 vehicles, including 514,000 in the
certified classes.
Vehicles include the Cadillac CTS, CT6 and Escalade; Chevrolet Camaro,
Colorado, Corvette and Silverado; and GMC Canyon, Sierra and Yukon, among
others.
In opposing class certification, GM said most class members never
experienced problems and therefore lacked standing to sue.
It also said there were too many differences among class members to
justify group lawsuits.
Circuit Judge Karen Nelson Moore, however, said overpaying for allegedly
defective vehicles was enough to establish standing.
She also said "exactly how, and to what extent, each of the individual
plaintiffs experienced a shudder or shift quality issue is irrelevant" to
whether GM concealed known defects, and whether drivers would have found
that information material.
The court also rejected GM's argument that many potential claims belonged
in arbitration.
It returned the case to U.S. District Judge David Lawson in Detroit, who
certified the classes in March 2023.
"We look forward to holding GM accountable before a Michigan jury," Ted
Leopold, a Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll partner representing the drivers,
said in a statement.
The case is Speerly et al v. General Motors LLC, 6th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals, No. 23-1940.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York; Editing by Nick Zieminski)
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We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that
stupid people won't be offended.
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No collusion - Special Counsel Robert Swan Mueller III, March 2019.
Officially made Nancy Pelosi a two-time impeachment loser.
Thank you for cleaning up the disaster of the 2008-2017 Obama / Biden
fiasco, President Trump.
Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the
The World According To Garp. Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood
queer liberal democrat donors.
President Trump boosted the economy, reduced illegal invasions, appointed
dozens of judges and three SCOTUS justices.