9th Circuit Overturns Sealed Order Hiding Chrysler Defect – Not Something You See Every Day.

17 Sunday Jan 2016

Posted by Celia C. Elwell, RP in 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, Appellate Law, Class Actions

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Same Story, New Ending: Court Overturns Order Sealing Chrysler Defect, by Jennifer Bennett, Public Justice Blog

It’s the same story, over and over again: Corporation conceals deadly defect. Someone dies, and their family sues. Corporation settles quietly. Court records are sealed. Nobody finds out. More people are hurt; more people sue; more settlements are reached; more records are sealed. Lather, rinse, repeat.

This is how GM was able to hide an ignition switch defect that killed over a hundred people for more than a decade. It’s how Remington concealed evidence that its most popular rifle can fire without anyone pulling the trigger. . . .