GM Extends Deadline to File Claims Related to Ignition Switch Defect
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General Motors(NEW YORK) — General Motors has extended the deadline for submitting claims related to deaths or injuries caused by the faulty ignition switch that has prompted millions of vehicles to be recalled.
The New York Times reports that Kenneth Feinberg, the lawyer put in charge of the compensation fund decided to extend the claim submission deadline to Jan. 31, 2015. The deadline has previously been Dec. 31, 2014.
Feinberg said that efforts to notify eligible claimants have been mostly successful, with notices sent to more than four million individuals.
The latest supplemental notices are being sent to 850,000 newly registered owners or those who recently changed their registration or address. As a result, the deadline to file a claim was pushed back one month to allow those owners time to file.
The company has received 2,105 claims including 217 claims involving deaths.
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