Before we move forward in the punctual class action lawsuit, let’s see what are we talking about, since it might be a little confusing when it comes to these kinds of legal instances. Class action lawsuits provide some groups of people, a way to unite in court. These lawsuits are sometimes filed by one or multiple people alleging that a company or entity has harmed a large group of people, when a lawsuit becomes a class action, it extends to all “members of the same group” or people who may have similar complaints to those alleged in the lawsuit.
Companies often agree to move forward to a class action settlement, providing a payment to the members of the group, who usually waive their right to initiate extra legal actions when receiving the money, these payment agreements include statements from the defendant in which he indicates not to have committed any crime, companies often resort to settlements in class actions to avoid the costs of a major litigation, pollution, discrimination or misleading advertising are some of the issues that can lead to a class action at the doors of a company.
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Class Action Lawsuit Against General Motors
Recently, many class actions and settlements have been generated involving General Motors, they sold vehicles with defective paint, as expressed in the class action lawsuit, a group of owners of General Motors vehicles filed a class action lawsuit against the automaker earlier this month for claims that defective paint was used that is prone to cracking, tarnishing and delamination.
The class action lawsuit argues that GM used the paint that is supposed to be defective on its 2015-2020 Chevrolet Tahoes, 2015-2020 Chevrolet Suburbans, 2015-2020 GMC Yukons, 2015-2020 GMC Yukon XLs and 2015-2020 Cadillac Escalades models.
“Although the defect manifested itself over time, General Motors knew or should have known about these problems before the sale of the vehicles; even so, GM continued to bring to market the vehicles of the class with latent defects,” GM’s class action lawsuit states.
What the Class Action Against General Motors Argue
Class actions claiming GM improperly collected and shared information consolidated driver data, in the month of June, several class actions were filed against GM, OnStar, LexisNexis and Verisk Analytics over claims of collection of driver data, were consolidated in a federal court in Georgia.
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation determined that the state of Georgia was the place to consolidate the class actions because it is the headquarters of LexisNexis, with whom GM in theory shared driver data without consent.
Consumers argue that the theoretically illegal exchange of data between General Motors and LexisNexis caused their insurance premiums to increase.
The plaintiffs filed the class action lawsuits based on a congressional investigation, which preceded Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass.,’s request to the Federal Trade Commission to investigate the automakers’ data privacy practices.
$50 Million Settled for Plaintiffs over Fuel Pumps
General Motors reaches $50 million settlement for CP4 fuel pumps that are theoretically defective, General Motors reached a preliminary settlement agreement for $50 million with a group of vehicle owners earlier this month, the settlement ends claims that the automaker sold certain vehicles with CP4 fuel pumps that had “catastrophic” failures.
The owners of the vehicles argued that General Motors knowingly sold diesel trucks containing CP4 fuel pumps that are supposed to be defective, which were supplied by Bosch.
The settlement will benefit a group of truck owners who had to pay out-of-pocket for repairs to their engines because of the alleged defect, as well as a group of former owners who claimed to have overpaid for their vehicles.
GM and LG have reached an agreement to pay $150 million to end claims in the class-action lawsuit for Chevy Bolt vehicles sold with damaged batteries.
In the month of May, GM and LG reached a $150 million class action settlement to mitigate claims that more than 100,000 2017-2022 Chevrolet Bolt vehicles were manufactured, that their batteries may overheat.
The settlement benefits a group of owners and lessees of Chevrolet Bolt vehicles who alleged that their vehicles’ batteries can overheat and catch fire when fully charged.
