General Motors does not plan more employee dismissals relating to the company’s handling of a defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths, Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Tuesday.
General Motors does not plan more employee dismissals relating to the company’s handling of a defective ignition switch linked to at least 13 deaths, Chief Executive Mary Barra said on Tuesday.

Dozens of lawsuits against General Motors over its faulty ignitions are to be consolidated and reviewed by a New York federal district court, a panel of judges decided Monday.

General Motors Friday announced four more vehicle recalls, totalling about 106,000 in North America, including one to fix an air-bag system likely tied to one crash involving an injury.

General Motors said Thursday that it will launch a program to compensate crash victims or families affected by faulty ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths that prompted a recall of 2.6 million older small cars.

General Motors is telling Wall Street that a recent spate of recalls may last until mid-summer as the company continues to review unresolved safety issues.