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Jul. 7, 2009

Judge OKs Bankruptcy Plan for GM

A bankruptcy judge approved a plan late Sunday that will allow General Motors Corp. to drop its liability on vehicle-related injuries sustained before the automaker emerges from bankruptcy.

By Robert Iafolla
Daily Journal Staff Writer

WASHINGTON - A bankruptcy judge approved a plan late Sunday that will allow General Motors Corp. to drop its liability on vehicle-related injuries sustained before the automaker emerges from bankruptcy.

That would effectively wipe out the 300 personal-injury claims registered with the bankruptcy court, according to Sean Kane, who heads the Massachusetts-based research and advocacy group Safety Research ...

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