Reference ID: General Motors is on trial today as a jury decides whether injuries sustained in a 2014 car crash were the result of a faulty ignition system , which shut off airbag deployment and has been linked to 124 deaths and hundreds of injuries . The case is considered a landmark in the ignition scandal since the outcome could have allowed for similar cases ; thousands of people have claimed damages linked to the defects , which General Motors admitted it hid for years before recalling millions of dollars last year .
General Motors is on trial today as a jury decides whether injuries sustained in a 2014 car crash were the result of a faulty ignition system , which shut off airbag deployment and has been linked to 124 deaths and hundreds of injuries . The case is considered a landmark in the ignition scandal since the outcome could have allowed for similar cases ; thousands of people have claimed damages linked to the defects , which General Motors admitted it hid for years before recalling millions of dollars last year .