Regulation & Safety

How GM ignition-switch plaintiffs' lawyer botched his big case

Plaintiffs' attorney Robert Hilliard has signed settlements with GM in more than 1,300 ignition-switch cases.
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By:
Erik Larson Margaret Cronin Fisk
January 28, 2016 05:00 AM

NEW YORK/DETROIT (Bloomberg) -- When Robert Kleven switched on the news for his drive to work two weeks ago, he had no idea he was about to sink a high-profile lawsuit against General Motors and embarrass one of the best-known plaintiffs’ lawyers in the U.S.

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