Regulation & Safety

GM digs deep to fix safety problems

Lawyer Kenneth Feinberg said he will disclose details of his plan to compensate victims of GM's defective ignition switch during a press conference on Monday in Washington. He isn't expected to attach a total dollar amount to the plan, but the terms of his proposal will go a long way toward determining GM's financial exposure from its handling of the defect.
June 30, 2014 05:00 AM

DETROIT -- If recalls are a kind of a manufacturer do-over, this month's recall of some Chevrolet Cobalts and HHRs for a power-steering defect was a do-over of a do-over.

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