Issues
Critics say ‘cash for clunkers’ bill is a lemon
June 13, 2009
"This was a face-off between the auto industry shaking its tin cup in new and different ways and environmentalists saying: If you’re going to give a new bailout, there has to be more efficient vehicles," said Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign.
Consumer Advice from Prof. Norman I. Silber, Hofstra University School of Law
"Given the terms of the Court’s approval, consumers would be well advised to get rid of any Chrysler purchased before the deal because if this ruling holds nobody solvent will bear responsibility for design defects. When it becomes apparent that dumping these cars is the prudent thing to do, anyone who can afford to, will be apt to, do this; and this will leave mainly poor and ignorant persons holding pre-deal Chryslers. This is the most likely outcome, unless a special insurance market develops to protect, for a price, pre-deal Chryslers–which I doubt.
Woman dies when car crashes into DPS cruiser
Jun. 3, 2009
by Maria Polletta – Jun. 3, 2009
The Arizona Republic
A DUI suspect sitting in the back of a Department of Public Safety patrol car was killed when another car slammed into the vehicle, leaving the patrol car in flames on a Tucson highway early Wednesday morning.
U.S. Pushed Fiat Deal on Chrysler
Internal Emails Reveal Resentment; Court Upholds Pact
By NEIL KING JR. and JEFFREY MCCRACKEN
June 6, 2009
Wall Street Journal
Hardest hit victims of the auto bankruptcy -Those injured in accidents may not get their day in court
June 4, 2009
by Herb Weisbaum
MSNBC.com
We’ve all heard about the financial hardships caused by the bankruptcies of Chrysler and General Motors. Employees, dealers and stockholders have all been hurt. But there are other victims who are not as visible: the customers who were injured in defective vehicles made by these companies. This is their story.
Obama’s GM Plan Looks Like a Raw Deal
WALL STREET JOURNAL
MAY 29, 2009
Obama’s GM Plan Looks Like a Raw Deal
Congress, not a secret task force, should decide the company’s fate.
By RALPH NADER and ROBERT WEISSMAN
What public purposes animate the government’s planned rescue of General Motors Corp?
Bitter fruit – New fear in Chrysler bankruptcy: Liability claims may be voided
By Curt Guyette
Metro Times
5/20/09
At the end of March, President Barack Obama gave a speech intended to reassure consumers worried about buying vehicles from a U.S. automaker facing the possibility of bankruptcy.
Obama sets strict limits on car exhaust emissions
May 20, 2009
"Even if people don’t change their driving habits, they will still be using a lot less gas," said Dan Becker of the Safe Climate Campaign. "In the meantime we can dramatically cut emissions and signal to the rest of the world that the US gets it and is getting serious about doing something about the thing we do worst, which is cars."
Chrysler & GM Bailouts & Bankruptcies
BACKGROUND
– “Limiting Successor Liability for Future Tort Claims”, St John’s University 2014
– Letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner from the International Association of Lemon Law Administrators – 4/21/09