Top Plaintiffs Attorneys Diving Into GM Litigation

Some of the leading plaintiffs attorneys in the country are lining up to sue over General Motors' handling of defective ignition switches, the Wall Street Journal's Ashby Jones reports. GM CEO Mary Barra said an internal report prepared by former U.S. Attorney Anton Valukas "demonstrated a 'pattern of incompetence and neglect' in the auto maker's 11-year failure to recall cars equipped with a defective ignition switch," WSJ further reports.

After the article was published, the U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation ordered GM cases to be consolidated in Southern District of New York where GM's bankruptcy is pending.