The GM Ignition Compensation Claims Resolution Facility, administered by lawyer Kenneth Feinberg, has to date approved 38 claims for deaths related to faulty ignition switches in General Motors cars.
The fund has now received 239 death-related claims, approved 38, declined 39, ruled 74 ‘deficient’ and is still considering 42. A further 46 were submitted without supporting documents, according to its latest report.
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A total of 51 injury claims in two categories have also been approved and 354 are under review.
Last month, Feinberg announced a one month extension of the claim filing deadline to 31 January, 2015.
He said at the time “the many efforts to notify all eligible claimants have been largely successful”.
Notice had been sent to almost 4.5m individuals targeting all current and prior owners of the eligible vehicles.
An additional one month extension was being implemented “out of an abundance of caution” because supplemental notice was being mailed by GM to approximately 850,000 newly registered owners and to those individuals for whom a change in registration, change of address or corrected address had been received.
“I believe that the many efforts to reach all possible GM automobile owners, former owners and others who might have been adversely impacted by a defective ignition switch have been both comprehensive and effective. There will always be some individuals who do not receive formal notice and are generally unaware of available compensation. But such individuals appear to be very few in number,” Feinberg said in November.
