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Personal Injury & Torts

Jul. 25, 2003

GM Settlement

LOS ANGELES - Six plaintiffs who in 1999 won what was then the largest personal injury award in U.S. history have agreed to settle their claims against General Motors, ending appeals in the nearly 10-year-old case.

        LOS ANGELES - Six plaintiffs who in 1999 won what was then the largest personal injury award in U.S. history have agreed to settle their claims against General Motors, ending appeals in the nearly 10-year-old case.
        Terms of the settlement were not disclosed. A Los Angeles jury in 1999 had awarded the plaintiffs $4.9 billion, including $4.8 billion in punitive and $107 million in...

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