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General Motors and the Sunshine in Litigation Act – Trial Magazine Justice in Motion Read the full capital report from The American Association for Justice here – Trial – Justice in Motion.

Atlanta attorney gets big new role in GM crash cases – Atlanta Business Chronicle By Ellie Hensley Cooper will also serve on the plaintiffs’ executive committee for the litigation against GM. Cooper has been on the forefront of the GM scandal since 2011, when he took on the parents of Brooke Melton as clients. Melton died in 2010…

Lawyer wants to move up trial date in deadly GM crash – WSBTV Channel 2 News By Jim Strickland The Marietta attorney whose lawsuit will put General Motors on trial in Cobb County State Court, Monday, let GM know he wants a jury to hear the case a year ahead of schedule. “The Melton’s are…

Lance Cooper Lands a Spot on Leadership Team for Litigation against GM – The Daily Report By Katherine Tucker Lance Cooper of the Cooper Firm has landed a spot on the leadership team to steer more than 100 lawsuits against General Motors through multi-district litigation in federal court in New York. U.S. District Judge Jesse…

 U.S. judge appoints lead counsel for GM ignition-switch cases – Rueters By Jessica Dye Also serving on that committee will be Lance Cooper, lawyer for the parents of Brooke Melton, who was killed in a 2010 crash that their lawsuit said was caused by the switch. That lawsuit helped expose the switch issue, leading to…

GM Customer Lawyers Jostle for Roles in Ignition-Switch Suits – Bloomberg By Linda Sandler, Margaret Cronin Fisk and Patrick G. Lee Berman, Cabraser and Robinson, if appointed, will share leadership with a 10-member executive committee. They recommended a panel including David Boies of Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP in New York; Joseph F. Rice of…

Georgia court revives Cobalt case GM settled – USA Today “We continue to believe that the parties reached a good faith settlement last year and that the court’s prior order dismissing all claims against GM with prejudice after that settlement prevents plaintiffs from pursuing the same claims a second time,” GM said in a statement.…

GM Can’t Shake Suit Over Ignition Defect Settlement – Law 360 Sindhu Sundar General Motors Co. lost a bid Saturday to dismiss a suit in Georgia state court that claims the automaker negotiated a confidential settlement in a wrongful death action last fall by hiding key details about its defective ignition switches.Judge Kathryn Tanksley denied…