The Oklahoma man whose lawsuit against General Motors over flawed ignition switches was the first to go to trial hired a criminal-defense attorney after the carmaker accused him of perjury and check fraud.Robert Scheuer, who claims he was injured after a defective switch disabled his airbag in a 2014 wreck, hired New York lawyer Priya Chaudhry to represent him in any criminal matters arising from claims he lied on the witness stand. GM says Scheuer fabricated details of his family’s eviction from their “dream home” after the accident to pin the blame on the company.
The allegation “goes to the core of the Scheuers’ credibility,” GM lawyers said Wednesday in a filing in U.S. District Court in Manhattan. “Having pursued what appears to be a false claim with untruthful testimony, plaintiff does not simply get to walk away without any consequences and with the jury never being the wiser.”
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