General Motors ignition switch compensation fund, headed by outside attorney Kenneth Feinberg, recently announced that over the past week another three fatality claims have been approved for compensation, raising the toll to 117 cases.
The fund, which has uncapped compensation power and is being headed by outside lawyer Ken Feinberg has also announced the approval of another eight injury claims, with the total number of approved injury cases now standing at 237. Of those, 13 are for serious, life-changing injuries and 216 for less severe ones, which still required hospital or treatment time. The almost year-old review of ignition switch death and injury claims is nearing the end of its task, with only 79 of the total of 4,342 claims submitted – or 1.8 percent – still being reviewed.
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