GM Settles Class Action Lawsuit
General Motors (GM) announced last week that they were settling a class action lawsuit involving approximately 90,000 Saturn vehicles resulting from the VTi transmissions which seem to fail prematurely.
Owners of the aforementioned vehicles will be given a percentage of their expenses, based on vehicle mileage when the transmission failed and whether the car was purchased new or used. Read the Story
GM had touted that this transmission was more efficient that others. What we have been seeing lately in our practice is with the "more efficient" cars - there appears to be a bending of the federal standards for vehicles in this attempt to become more efficient. And that seems to be leading to many products liability issues due to injuries from these vehicles.
