A judge in New York has appointed temporary lead counsel in the ignition switch lawsuits filed against General Motors Co. but is considering delaying those claims until key questions in the automaker’s bankruptcy are resolved.
In the first order he has entered in the litigation, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman on Tuesday scheduled an initial status conference for Aug. 11. He asked both sides to collaborate on whether discovery in the cases before him, now stayed, should track parallel proceedings in GM’s bankruptcy.
