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VICTIMS
Claims Website: GM Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility
GM Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility Final Protocol – 6/30/14
CAS ACTIONS
CAS Statement on GM Ignition Switch Victims Fund – 6/30/14
CAS Letter to GM Investigator Anton Valukas re: Report Omissions – 6/17/14
CAS Releases Critical Study Of NHTSA’s Investigatory Process to DOT Inspector General – 6/10/14
CAS Letter to DOT Inspector General Calvin Scovell – 6/9/14
CAS Statement On GM Release of Valukas Report – 6/5/14
CAS Letter to GM Victim Consultant Ken Feinberg – 6/2/14
CAS Letter to GM Investigator Anton Valukas – 5/29/14
Valukas Response – 5/30/14
CAS Statement on GM $35 Million Civil Penalty – 5/16/14
CAS Press Release: GM DESIGNED & REJECTED SAFER IGNITION SWITCH IN 2001 – 4/16/14
CAS Statement: NHTSA Fails to Act on New GM Airbag Non-Deployment Defect – 4/7/14
CAS Letter to NHTSA on GM Airbag Algorithm Non-Deployment Defect – 4/7/14
CAS Consumer Advisory on GM Ignition Switch Recalled Vehicles – 4/4/14
Statement of CAS Executive Director Clarence Ditlow, Victims Press Conference on GM Ignition Defect – 4/1/14
CAS Statement on Expanded GM Recall – 3/28/14
CAS Letter to NHTSA on Airbag Investigations Opened with Less Evidence than Cobalt – 3/26/14
CAS Letter to NHTSA Acting Administrator David Friedman: FARS and EWR Deaths but No Investigation – 3/13/14
Friedman Research FARS Analysis – 3/13/14
CAS Letter to General Motors CEO Mary Barra Calling for Safety Victims Trust Fund – 3/12/14
Consumer Groups Back CAS Request to Protect Victims in Letter to GM CEO Barra – 4/1/14
CAS Reveals Internal NHTSA Files on Cobalt Ignition Airbag Defect – 3/7/14
NHTSA GM Ignition Switch Chronology
CAS Freedom of Information Act Requests
CONGRESS
Senate Commerce Hearing: Examining Accountability and Corporate Culture in Wake of the GM Recalls – 7/17/14
Markey and Blumenthal Query NHTSA on Auto Injury and Defect Reporting Compliance – 7/2/14
Rockefeller Introduces Bill to Boost NHTSA’s Resources and Safety Capabilities – 6/26/14
Markey on GM Recall: While GM Nods, NHTSA Shrugs – 6/18/14
The GM Ignition Switch Recall: Investigation Update and Additional Document Binder – June 18, 2014
Senator Edward Markey Statement on CAS Report to DOT Inspector General – 6/10/14
Markey on GM Internal Investigation: We Need This Accounting to Become Accountability – 6/5/14
Senator Richard Blumenthal on GM Valukas Report, “…the best report money can buy.”
Markey Statement on GM Settlement with DOT – 5/16/14
Markey Releases GM Recall Documents – 5/7/14
Markey Decries Latest GM Recall Revelation: A Company’s Culture of Costs Over Consumers – 4/16/14
Senate Commerce Committee Letter to Delphi Requesting Information on GM Ignition Switches – 4/15/14
McCaskill Reacts to GM Decision to Place Engineers on Leave – 4/10/14
H.R. 4364, the “Motor Vehicle Safety Act of 2014”
Boxer Presses General Motors CEO Mary Barra on Rental Car Safety – 4/2/14
Document Binder April Hearing, House Energy & Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcomittee – 4/1/14
Key Documents from the Senate Commerce General Motors Ignition Hearing (Minority)
Markey Joins Victims, Survivors of Faulty GM Ignition Switches Who Want Action & Answers – 4/1/14
Statement of Former NHTSA Administrator Joan Claybrook on the GM/NHTSA Cobalt Investigations – 3/31/14
House Energy & Commerce Committee: Hearing Background Memorandum – 3/30/14
Senate Commerce Hearing: Examining the GM Recall and NHTSA’s Defect Investigation Process
House Energy & Commerce Committee Hearing: The GM Ignition Switch Recall: Why Did It Take So Long?
Early Warning Reporting System Improvement Act – 3/25/14
Blumenthal Letter to Attorney General Holder re: GM Ignition and Bankruptcy – 3/24/14
Blumenthal Seeks To Hold Gm Liable For Deaths And Injuries Due To Faulty Ignition Switches – 3/24/14
Senator Blumenthal Requests Death Inquiry Letters Agency Sent To GM Regarding Defective Automobiles – 3/20/14
Senator Pat Toomey Letter to NHTSA Acting Administrator Friedman -3/19/14
Senator Pat Toomey Letter to GM CEO Mary Barra – 3/19/14
Markey Statement on New Information on NHTSA Role in GM Chevy Cobalt Safety Recall – 3/7/14
NHTSA
GM Recall 14V-400 Part 573 Defect Report, 6.7 Million Vehicles – 7/3/14
GM Recall 14V-355 Part 573 Defect Report, 3.1 Million Vehicles – 6/20/14
Amended Part 573 with Chronology – 7/2/14
GM Recall 14V-346 Part 573 Defect Report, 2010-2014 Camaro Ignition Switch – 6/19/14
GM Ignition Switch Aftermarket Replacement Part Recall 14E-021 – 5/15/14
NHTSA Fines GM $35 Million Maximum Penalty – 5/16/14
Delphi Response to NHTSA Information Request – 4/11/14
NHTSA ODI Director Email to General Motors
GM Recall 14V-171 Part 573 Defect Report – 4/9/14
NHTSA Fines GM $7000 Per Day for Incomplete Responses – 4/8/14
NHTSA: Consumer Alert, GM Ignition Switch Recall Information
Recall 14V-047 Expansion to Include Defective Ignitions Used as Service Parts – 3/28/14
NHTSA Recall 14V-047 – Available Document Index
General Motors’ 3rd Amended Part 573 Defect Information Report, Saturn Ion Chronology – 3/11/14
Former NHTSA Administrator Joan Claybrook Letter to DOT Inspector General – 3/7/14
NHTSA Timeliness Query on 2014 GM Recall of Ignition Switches – 3/5/14
TQ14-001 Opening Resume – 2/26/14
Special Order Directed to General Motors LLC – 3/4/14
Second Amendment to GM Part 573, Expansion – 2/25/14
Amended GM Part 573 Defect Information Report, Chronology – 2/24/14
GM Recall 14V-047 2005-07 Chevy Cobalt and 2007 Pontiac G5 Ignition Switch and Airbag Deployment
NHTSA Special Crash Investigations (SCI) Report – 2005 Chevy Cobalt Crash, Maryland
NHTSA Inquiry and Early Warning Reporting Record for 2005 Maryland Chevy Cobalt Crash
NHTSA Special Crash Investigations (SCI) Report – 2005 Chevy Cobalt Crash, Wisconsin
NHTSA Inquiry and Early Warning Reporting Record for 2006 Wisconsin Chevy Cobalt Crash
NHTSA Special Crash Investigations (SCI) Report – 2004 Saturn Ion Crash, Pennsylvania
NHTSA Special Crash Investigations (SCI) Report – 2005 Chevy Cobalt Crash, 2009 Pennsylania
DI05-063 Pennsylvania Stall and Drowning
GENERAL MOTORS
GM Announces Six New Recalls – 6/30/14
GM Proactively Announces Four New Recalls – 6/13/14
Valukas Report to GM (120 MB)
GM to Implement Compensation Program for Ignition Switch Recall – 6/5/14
GM Valukas Report Press Release – 6/5/14
GM Safety Initiatives Press Release – 6/5/14
Mary Barra Town Hall Remarks – 6/5/14
List of General Motors 2014 Recalls Through May 30, 2014
GM Press Release: GM Recalls 2.42 Million Vehicles in Four U.S. Recalls – 5/20/14
GM Press Release: GM Announces Five Safety Recalls – 5/15/14
GM Moves to Secure Recalled Ignition Switches – 3/28/14
GM Ignition Switch Safety Information Website
GM CEO Mary Barra Message to GM Employees – 3/17/14
General Motors Commodity Validation Sign-Off – 4/24/06
CLASS ACTIONS & LITIGATION
GM Motion to Intervene
GM Proposed Answer
GM Proposed Order
GM Certificate of Service
Plaintiff’s Objection to GM Motion to Enforce 2009 Bankruptcy Provisions – 4/22/14
GM Motion to Enforce 2009 Sale Order – 4/21/14
GM Bankruptcy Case – Court Documents
Melton Consent Protective Order – 12/13/11
NEWS
New York Times Articles – General Motors Ignition Switch Recall
CBS News Stories – General Motors Ignition Switch Recall
Detroit News Articles – General Motors Ignition Switch Recall
Bloomberg Businessweek and AP Articles – General Motors Ignition Switch Recall
NBC News Stories – General Motors Ignition Switch Recall
Safety advocate takes on GM spinners – 7/9/14
Auto recalls hit record level in U.S. – 6/23/14
USA Today Editorial: Secret settlements vs. your safety: Our view – 6/23/14
GM inquiry into defective ignition switch draws fire – 6/5/14
GM ignition switch timeline: How bureaucracy fumbled a deadly defect
GM about to release investigation report on deadly ignition switch – 6/5/14
Did GM Reject Safer Ignition Switch Design in 2001 Because of Cost? – 4/16/14
GM Doubles Investigator Group as Vehicle Engineering Reorganized – 4/22/14
Exclusive: GM says recalled cars safe, but has not tested for knee-bump danger – 4/17/14
The General Motors you want to sue no longer exists, says GM – 4/16/14
Safety advocates to Barra: Why did GM choose weak ignition switch design? – 4/16/14
GM Puts on Leave Engineers Who Worked on Cars at Focus of Recall – 4/10/14
NHTSA Fines GM 3¢ Per Vehicle/Per Day for Failure to Respond to Information Requests – 4/8/14
GM Ignition Switch Scandal Echoes Infamous Fire-Prone Pickups Case – 4/7/14
Victim-Compensation Dilemma Hangs Over GM – 4/6/14
Still Unsafe at Any Speed – 4/2/14
Senators probing GM raise prospect of criminal wrongdoing – 4/2/14
GM victims’ families, lawmakers blast recall delay, want tougher law – 4/1/14
Document Shows GM Engineer Approved Ignition Switch Change – 4/1/14
Statement of Former NHTSA Administrator Joan Claybrook on the GM/NHTSA Cobalt Investigations – 3/31/14
Lawmakers ID engineer behind ’06 GM switch redesign – 3/31/14
GM Canceled Ignition-Switch Fix in 2005 Due to Costs – 3/31/14
GM’s Barra Bringing Legacy of Safety Fights to Congress – 3/31/14
GM Seen Needing $3 Billion Fund to Address Defect Deaths – 3/28/14
Gov’t safety agency missed Cobalt clues – 3/28/14
Flawed GM Models, Young Drivers Made for a Deadly Mix – 3/28/14
Did NHTSA Ignore Evidence of Unsafe GM Cars for Years? – 3/27/14
Could GM Have Saved Lives With An Earlier Chevy Cobalt Recall? – 3/27/14
GM liability in fatal crash faces key test – 3/25/14
Auto safety agency asleep at the wheel, critics say – 3/25/14
The ‘Cardinal Sin’ That GM May Have Committed On Chevy Cobalt – 3/24/14
U.S. regulators failed to spot deadly GM defects that others saw – 3/24/14
GM missed ‘red flags’ on deadly ignition switches – 3/23/14
Suit in fatal Cobalt crash to test GM liability shield – 3/21/14
GM’s Barra to Testify at Congressional Panel Over Recalls – 3/21/14
How a Watchdog Blew the Lid Off the GM Recall Scandal – 3/20/14
GM’s Ignition Victims Need Help From Bankruptcy Judge – 3/20/14
Recall storm engulfs GM – 3/17/14
GM Press Release: GM Redoubles Safety Efforts, Announces New Recalls – 3/17/14
GM CEO Mary Barra Message to GM Employees – 3/17/14
Newly released GM records show ignition problems surfaced as early as 2001 – 3/13/14
GM CEO Barra promises unvarnished review of fatal-crash recall issue – 3/4/14
Did GM drag its feet in ignition-switch recalls? – 2/28/14
After Md. teen’s death, family fights for General Motors accountability – 2/27/14
Mother of Wisconsin teen speaks out after daughter dies in recalled car – 2/25/14
GM issues rare public apology amid recall of 1.6 million cars – 2/26/14
GM Apologizes as Ignition Recall Widened to 1.6 Million Cars – 2/25/14
GM Expands Ignition Switch Recall – 2/25/14
Lawsuit: GM knew of Cobalt ignition problem
EWR
Chevrolet Cobalt Deaths in EWR, MY 2005-2007