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# GM Judge Clearly Sets Out Permissible Faulty Switch Suits

  November 19, 2015

Law360

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special counsel [Ben Feder](/Our-People/Benjamin-Feder) authored the *Law360* article ​“GM Judge Clearly Sets Out Permissible Faulty Switch Suits.” Ben writes about the opinion Southern District of New York Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber issued the week of November 13th on General Motors LLC’s bankruptcy and restructuring. Ben discusses the opinion’s inquiry of whether knowledge of Old GM, regarding the scope of the ignition switch defects, could be attributed to New GM, and whether New GM is liable for punitive as well as compensatory damages.

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