GM plaintiffs add racketeering claim to recall lawsuits

Plaintiffs suing General Motors Co over a series of safety-related recalls last year have accused it of working with a law firm and claims-management company to conceal an ignition-switch defect linked to 114 deaths. The allegations came in an amended complaint filed late Friday in Manhattan federal court, where more than 200 lawsuits have been consolidated against GM over injuries, deaths and economic losses attributed to the ignition switch and other safety problems that prompted recalls of millions of vehicles. The lawsuit seeks to include more than 20 million vehicle owners and requests more than $10 billion in damages, according to plaintiffs’ lawyers.

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