'Switchgate' Death Toll Hits 50; GM Declines To Extend Claim Deadline Past Saturday
January 29, 2015 at 12:12 PM EST
Last summer, General Motors created a compensation fund for motorists and passengers who'd been injured or killed in accidents linked to the automaker's flawed ignition switches. By December, the fund's administrator, Kenneth Feinberg, had approved a total of 42 wrongful death claims and 58 to cover injuries. According to Detroit News, the number...