General Motors Federal District Court Decisions

Rothermel v. General Motors LLC

Filed: July 6, 2020 as 1:2017cv09353
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors L.L.C.
Plaintiff: Jordon Rothermel
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER re: (7764 in 1:14-md-02543-JMF) AMENDED MOTION enforce the charging lien for attorney's fees . filed by Jordon Rothermel, (63 in 1:17-cv-09353-JMF) MOTION to Reopen Case . filed by Jordon Rothermel, (72 in 1:17-cv-09353-JMF) AMENDED MOTION enforce the charging lien for attorney's fees . filed by Jordon Rothermel, (64 in 1:17-cv-09353-JMF) MOTION Enforce Attorney's Lien re: (53) Notice (Other) . filed by Jordon …

Groman v. General Motors LLC.

Filed: June 26, 2020 as 1:2014cv02458
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC.
Plaintiff: Steven Groman
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions

ORDER NO. 172: [Regarding Sealed and Redacted Filings]: The Court previously granted parties in this action permission to temporarily file documents under seal or in redacted form without first obtaining specific court approval and required that they contemporaneously file a notice that a document was filed under seal. ECF No. 4567 ("Order No. 133"). At the time that the Court issued Order No. 133, the Electronic Case Filing System in the Southern District of New York…

Snodgrass et al v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: June 26, 2020 as 1:2017cv06273
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Robyn Snodgrass, Ian Williams, Christopher Bivens, Nicholas Chaibi, Brenda Ford, Katharine Gilker, Domenick Ibarra, Amber Kaldenberg, Melissa Layton, Gail Martin, Anthony Panasci, Stephen Piette, Tanya Schaeffer, Tiffeny Strong, Ronald Thomas, Jr., Brooke Holmes, Trina Watson
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER: Today, the Court received an e-mail from Plaintiff Gail Martin, who voluntarily dismissed her claims on December 20, 2019, see 17-CV-6273, ECF No. 98, in which she appears to complain about the amount of her settlement and delay in payment (a nd makes some allegations about counsel's handling of the matter). The Court cannot and will not respond to Ms. Martin because she is represented by counsel and because it is inappropriate for the Court to communicate with an individual…

In re: General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation

Filed: June 26, 2020 as 1:2014mc02543
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: GM Ignition Switch MDL Defendants
Plaintiff: GM Ignition Switch MDL Plaintiffs, Austin DePalma, Jomaka Coleman
Nature of Suit: Other

ORDER NO. 172: [Regarding Sealed and Redacted Filings]: The Court previously granted parties in this action permission to temporarily file documents under seal or in redacted form without first obtaining specific court approval and required that they contemporaneously file a notice that a document was filed under seal. ECF No. 4567 ("Order No. 133"). At the time that the Court issued Order No. 133, the Electronic Case Filing System in the Southern District of New York did not…

Plaintiff v. Defendant

Filed: June 26, 2020 as 3:2019cv11836
Court: Michigan Eastern District Court
Defendant: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Plaintiff: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Nature of Suit: Fair Labor Standards Act

OPINION AND ORDER Denying Without Prejudice Plaintiffs' 21 Motion to Certify Class and for Judicial Notice. Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

Goodwin v. General Motors LLC

Filed: June 25, 2020 as 1:2018cv02590
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Diane Goodwin
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER: Because Ms. Goodwin's recent filings contain sensitive personal information and other confidential materials, the Clerk of Court is directed to restrict viewing access to 18-CV-2590, ECF Nos. 81-84 to General Motors LLC and Diane Goodwin. The Court will address in the normal course whether and to what extent those filings should remain under seal. SO ORDERED. (Signed by Judge Jesse M. Furman on 6/25/2020) Filed In Associated Cases: 1:14-md-02543-JMF, 1:18-cv-02590-JMF …

Jackson v. General Motors LLC

Filed: June 25, 2020 as 4:2018cv01243
Court: Missouri Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC, General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Dathan Jackson
Nature of Suit: Employment

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER : IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Defendant General Motors, LLCs Motion for Summary Judgment is GRANTED. [ECF No. 95 ]. Signed by District Judge Ronnie L. White on 06/25/2020. (KCB)

Petlinsky v. General Motors LLC

Filed: June 24, 2020 as 2:2019cv01887
Court: California Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Vladimir Petlinsky
Nature of Suit: Other Contract

STIPULATION and ORDER signed by Senior Judge William B. Shubb on 6/24/2020 DISMISSING this action with prejudice. CASE CLOSED (Kastilahn, A)

Marc S. Kirschner, as Litigation Trustee for the Tribune Litigation Trust v. Dennis J FitzSimons, et al

Filed: June 23, 2020 as 1:2012cv02652
Court: New York Southern District Court
Alternative Dispute Resolution (Adr) Provider: HENRY CARSON JACKSON TRUST U/W IRREVOCABLE MANAGEMENT TRUST UA TRUST A-2, Mark Pettijohn, New England Province Society of Jesus, Stark Master Fund Ltd., Nuveen Investment Solutions (fka Richards and Tierney), Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc., Lawrence F. Klima
Defendant: UD VS RISLEY CJ DE SIEYES ETAL, ANDREW T SZMULANSKI, Robert Chase, ORDER OF FELICIAN SISTERS CS NT OF ST FRANCIS, ADIA INVESTMENT SERIES, Large Cap Index Fund, A Series of SEI Institutional Investments Trust, WATER AND POWER EMPLOYEES' RET DISAB & DEATH BENEFIT INS PLAN, KENNETH R. POSNER AND ARLENE L. POSNER, Ruthellyn Musil 401(K) Savings Plan, MILLER FAMILY TRUST UAD, Jeffrey W. Babcock, THE SHERRY P. BRODER IRA A/K/A SHERRY P. BRODER U/A DTD, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC, HORIZON GOLDEN PARTNERS L P, Crane Asset Management LLC, CA Public EE Retrmnt Sys, The DFA Investment Trust Company, DFA Investment Dimensions Group, Inc., The Alliance Bernstein Portfolios, Frank W. Denius, Donald M. Hinman Jr., Lewis Tatman and Willilam F. Warchol,, STINEHART LIVING TRUST UA DTD, Marlene F Slade Rollover IRA, National Financial Services LLC/Fidelity Management Trust Co, Custodian, James E. Murray, Babson Capital Management LLC, GGCP, INC. F/K/A GABELLI FUNDS, INC. (THE GABELLI EQUITY INC FD), Mutual of America Institutional Funds, Inc, Barbara Bonoff Gettinger, DOROTHY D SMITH TRUST U/A DTD, COPPER NUGGET, INC. (PLEDGED), JEFFREY MARTIN FEDYNAK UGMA/MD, DEBORAH FEDYNAK C/F, ANDREW ALLEN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION SEL ADV/NORTHERN TRUST, UA GENERAL OFFICERS, HON HARRY F BYRD REV TRUST U/A DTD, NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, INC. F/K/A NORTHERN TRUST INVESTMENTS, N.A., City of Philadelphia Public Employees and others
Interested Party: Barbara Anne Ward Living Trust, CORPORATION SERVICE COMPANY, General Motors Hourly-Rate Employee Pension Trust
Not Classified By Court: Arthur Lee
Not Yet Classified: Mr. Steven U. Lee, Abbott Laboratories Annuities Retirement Trust, Sprint Master Fund Trust, LYONDELL PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION DEFINED BENEFIT A/K/A LYONDELL CHEMICAL CO. DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN LCV, Elizabeth Dominick, Nuveen Equity Index Fund, John W Stewart, Stanton R. Cook Charitable Remainder Trust, Current Trustee, the Trust u/w Mary F. Roberts, deceased, fbo the Grandchildren, Ms. Jung E. Lee, Philip V Mann, Regence BlueShield, Diamondback Master Fund/TMS/ITS SETT A/C For Queensgate House, Glen R. Metzger, as Trustee of the NSP-Minnesota Prairie II Retail Qualified Trust (sued as NSP-Minnesota Retail Prairie II Qualified Trust, Current Trustee), Halcyon Diversified Fund LP, Margaret Sindelar
Plaintiff: Marc S. Kirschner, The Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tribune Company, Margaret Gundlach, The Official Committee of Unsecure
Trustee: Trustee Albert Andrews, Jr., as, Paul M. Meister as Trustee for the Paul M. Meister 2005 Revocable Trust u/a
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud

NOTICE OF WITHDRAWAL: Please take notice that pursuant to Local Rule 1.4, the undersigned counsel, Kira A. Davis, respectfully moves to withdraw as counsel of record in the above-captioned proceedings for the following defendants: Citibank, N.A., Citigroup Global Markets Inc., Citigroup Global Markets Limited, Citicorp Securities Services Inc., Citigroup Pension Plan Trust, Citi Canyon, Ltd., Citi GoldenTree, Ltd., Time Warner Inc. Master Pension Trust, EWT, LLC, and…

Plaintiff v. Defendant

Filed: June 17, 2020 as 5:2020cv00199
Court: California Central District Court
Defendant: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Plaintiff: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

JUDGMENT by Judge Percy Anderson. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED that: 1. GM shall hold the decedent Felix Fletcher Fowlers pension plan benefits in trust as each monthly benefit under the pension plan becomes due and owing, to be payable upon the determination by the Court of the proper beneficiary for the plan benefits in accordance with the pension plan terms. Thereafter, each monthly plan benefit shall be payable to the proper beneficiary as determined by the Court and…

Adair v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: June 9, 2020 as 1:2017cv10178
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Dale Adair
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER OF DISMISSAL... The Affected Plaintiffs' claims are hereby DISMISSED with prejudice. See In re World Trade Ctr. Disaster Site Litig., 722 F.3d at 487 (holding that "the court did not exceed the bounds of its discretion in dismissin g the noncompliant plaintiffs' complaints"). The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the plaintiffs listed in Exhibit A as parties in 14-MD-2543 and their respective member cases, and, if there are no remaining plaintiffs in…

Adams v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: June 9, 2020 as 1:2015cv05528
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Ernest Adams
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury- Product Liability

ORDER OF DISMISSAL... The Affected Plaintiffs' claims are hereby DISMISSED with prejudice. See In re World Trade Ctr. Disaster Site Litig., 722 F.3d at 487 (holding that "the court did not exceed the bounds of its discretion in dismissing the noncompliant plaintiffs' complaints"). The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate the plaintiffs listed in Exhibit A as parties in 14-MD-2543 and 15-CV-5528, and, if there are no remaining plaintiffs in in 15-CV-5528, to…

Garcia v. General Motors LLC

Filed: June 3, 2020 as 1:2017cv05970
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors L.L.C.
Plaintiff: Sylvia Garcia
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury- Product Liability

ORDER OF DISMISSAL... Ms. Garcia's claims are hereby DISMISSED with prejudice. See In re World Trade Ctr. Disaster Site Litig., 722 F.3d at 487 (holding "that the court did not exceed the bounds of its discretion in dismissing the nonco mpliant plaintiffs' complaints"). The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate 14-MD-2543, ECF No. 7923, and l 7-CV-5970, ECF No. 107. The Clerk of Court is further directed to te1minate Sylvia Garcia as a Plaintiff in 14-MD-2543…

Jose Remedios Silva Cruz, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose Remedios Silva Garcia, deceased et al v. General Motors LLC

Filed: June 2, 2020 as 4:2019cv13003
Court: Michigan Eastern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC
Plaintiff: Jose Remedios Silva Cruz, Personal Representative of the Estate of Jose Remedios Silva Garcia, deceased, Arturo Aguilar Carlos, Personal Representative of the Estate of Desteny Aguilar Beltran, deceased, Maria Clara Beltran Fraire, Personal Representative of the Estate of Susana Frayre Esquivel, deceased, Arturo Aguilar Carlos, Personal Representative of the Estate of Clara Guadalupe Beltran Fraire, deceased
Nature of Suit: Contract Product Liability

OPINION AND ORDER Denying Defendant's 10 Motion to Dismiss for Forum Non Conveniens and Denying Plaintiffs' 17 Motion for Leave to File a Sur-Reply. Signed by District Judge Matthew F. Leitman. (HMon)

Plaintiff v. Defendant

Filed: June 1, 2020 as 4:2016cv14465
Court: Michigan Eastern District Court
Defendant: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Plaintiff: Plaintiff v. Defendant
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974

ORDER DENYING IN PART AND GRANTING IN PART 29 Plaintiff's MOTION to for Leave to File Plaintiff's Amended and Supplemental Complaint. Signed by District Judge Terrence G. Berg. (AChu)

Abney et al v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: June 1, 2020 as 1:2014cv05810
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors, LLC
Plaintiff: Princess Russell, John Price, Anthony Cowart, Martha Jackson, Olga Bell, Marian Caldwell, Harold Jones, Antwon Burchett, Richard Carver, Lawrence Barthelemy, Crystal McClenton, David White, Tiara White, Jekerrius Williams, Katherine Schomberg, Erica Cortez, Rodger Davis, Jacob Luna, Daniel Spain, Clyde Banks, Anita Holderman, Rachel Allen, Ashley Page, Rodney Brooks, Bettie Jones, Tomeka Simmons, Neil Summers, Carol Baker, Debbie Hyde, Rodney King, Rene Botello, Casandra Miller and others
Nature of Suit: Personal Injury- Product Liability

ORDER NO. 171 [Regarding the Administrative Closure of Certain MDL 2543 Member Cases]... The Court is inclined to and does administratively close the cases listed in Exhibits A and B. Any party who believes that a case has been erroneously closed by this Order shall, no later than June 18, 2020, file a letter motion to re-open the case and explain why the case should remain open. In addition, as to the cases listed on Exhibit A, a party may file a letter motion seeking to reopen a…

In re: General Motors LLC Ignition Switch Litigation

Filed: June 1, 2020 as 1:2014mc02543
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: GM Ignition Switch MDL Defendants
Plaintiff: GM Ignition Switch MDL Plaintiffs, Austin DePalma, Jomaka Coleman
Nature of Suit: Other

ORDER NO. 170 [Regarding the Closure of Certain MDL 2543 Member Cases]... The Clerk of Court is directed close the cases listed in Exhibit A. Any party who believes that a case has been erroneously closed by this Order shall, no later than June 18, 2020, file a letter motion to re-open the case and explain why the case should remain open. Any party opposing a motion to re-open one of the cases closed pursuant to this Order shall file a response brief within 10 days after the motion to…

Lambeth v. General Motors, LLC

Filed: June 1, 2020 as 1:2014cv05458
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors L.L.C.
Plaintiff: Keith Edward Lambeth, Ishmail Sesay
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER NO. 170 [Regarding the Closure of Certain MDL 2543 Member Cases].... The Clerk of Court is directed close the cases listed in Exhibit A. Any party who believes that a case has been erroneously closed by this Order shall, no later than June 1 8, 2020, file a letter motion to re-open the case and explain why the case should remain open. Any party opposing a motion to re-open one of the cases closed pursuant to this Order shall file a response brief within 10 days after the motion…

Mazzocchi v. General Motors LLC et al

Filed: June 1, 2020 as 7:2014cv02714
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors LLC, General Motors Holding, LLC, Delphi Automotive PLC, DPH-DAS LLC
Plaintiff: Marie Mazzocchi
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud

ORDER NO. 171 [Regarding the Administrative Closure of Certain MDL 2543 Member Cases]... The Court is inclined to and does administratively close the cases listed in Exhibits A and B. Any party who believes that a case has been erroneously closed by this Order shall, no later than June 18, 2020, file a letter motion to re-open the case and explain why the case should remain open. In addition, as to the cases listed on Exhibit A, a party may file a letter motion seeking to reopen a case…

Salazar, III v. General Motors LLC et al

Filed: June 1, 2020 as 1:2014cv04859
Court: New York Southern District Court
Defendant: General Motors L.L.C., General Motors Company, General Motors Holding, LLC, Delphi Automotive PLC, DPH-DAS LLC
Plaintiff: Jesse Salazar, III, Austin DePalma, Ishmail Sesay
Nature of Suit: Motor Vehicle Product Liability

ORDER NO. 171 [Regarding the Administrative Closure of Certain MDL 2543 Member Cases]... The Court is inclined to and does administratively close the cases listed in Exhibits A and B. Any party who believes that a case has been erroneously closed b y this Order shall, no later than June 18, 2020, file a letter motion to re-open the case and explain why the case should remain open. In addition, as to the cases listed on Exhibit A, a party may file a letter motion seeking to reopen a case…