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 switch, which turns off airbag deployment and has been linked to 124 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The case involves an accident that occurred at GM's plant in Flint, Michigan, where GM had recalled 2.6 million vehicles because they could not be started with their air bags.
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 switch, which turns off airbag deployment and has been linked to 124 deaths and hundreds of injuries. The case is considered a bellwether in the ignition scandal since the outcome could have consequences 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 vehicles last year.