Sometimes, “accidents just happen,” a lawyer for General Motors Co. told a U.S. jury in defense of the carmaker at a test trial over a deadly flaw in millions of ignition switches (In re Gen. Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litig. (Abney v. Gen. Motors LLC), S.D.N.Y., 1:14-md-02543, opening statement 3/14/16).
The accident was one of dozens that occurred on a New Orleans bridge during a January 2014 ice storm, GM attorney Mike Brock said at the start of a trial that may affect the outcome of hundreds of other cases. Even the police cruiser that responded to ...
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