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The General Motors ignition-switch compensation fund has the macabre task of determining whether to pay settlements to those who claim to be hurt by the automaker's faulty parts. The group, led by star attorney Kenneth Feinberg, has been accepting claims since August 1, and the latest statistics have brought to light quite a grisly figure. It has now offered 100 people remuneration for injuries or deaths due to the bad switches.
From a total of 2,236 claims so far, the fund has approved 42 deaths and 58 injuries, according to The Washington Post. Of these, 57 people have received their settlement offers, and 22 have been paid. As of yet, no one has rejected payment for an accepted case.
The numbers of people affected have risen steadily since the fund's creation. Feinberg even extended the deadline to submit claims until January 31, 2015. When he made that announcement, the group had received 2,105 cases that included 33 deaths and a total of 39 injuries.
With over a month to go before the deadline, it's likely that even more affected people could be offered settlements. Especially because, according to The Washington Post, Feinberg still has 445 claims under review. Before the fund was created, GM's investigation acknowledged 13 deaths and 54 crashes related to the faulty switches.
GM ignition switch recall fund reaches 100 approved claims for deaths, injuries originally appeared on Autoblog on Thu, 18 Dec 2014 13:29:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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