A federal bankruptcy judge will consider quickly whether General Motors committed bankruptcy fraud in 2009 by not disclosing ignition switch defects that
are now linked to 13 deaths. U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerber, who handled GM’s 2009 bankruptcy restructuring, also ruled he won’t block a hearing later this month on whether nearly 60
class-action lawsuits filed against GM should be merged.
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