UPDATE 1-U.S. judge puts GM ignition-switch suits on ice, for now
May 27, 2015 at 18:20 PM EDT
NEW YORK, May 27 (Reuters) - A U.S. bankruptcy judge on Wednesday put on hold dozens of lawsuits accusing General Motors Co of concealing an ignition-switch defect while the plaintiffs in those cases appeal an earlier ruling that found their cases were barred.