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February 3, 2015

51 Deaths from General Motors Defect Found Eligible for Compensation 
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More than 4,000 people have submitted claims for compensation over a
deadly ignition-switch defect General Motors took over a decade to
address. Kenneth Feinberg, who is overseeing the compensation fund for
victims, said many of the claims have been deemed ineligible due to a
lack of documents. Feinberg, who also oversaw compensation to victims of
9/11 and the BP oil spill, said 120 claims have so far been approved.

Kenneth Feinberg: "So far, we have found 51 deaths and 69 physical
injury claims eligible to be paid. Those are the statistics so far. Not
one eligible claimant, not one, has yet refused the money and decided to
litigate. So I think we're doing something right."

 

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