Owners of General Motors Co. cars with faulty switches plan to expand a lawsuit over fallen prices June 12 after a bankruptcy court ruling that they can go forward, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. An amended suit will add plaintiffs, allege more defects and perhaps expand the claims against the carmaker, lawyer Steve Berman said on Friday at a Manhattan court conference. Berman, managing partner of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP in Seattle, previously estimated that about 10 million customers are eligible to demand $750 each from GM, based on the bankruptcy court order, a total of $7.5 billion. An earlier suit claimed as much as $10 billion for 27 million drivers over assorted defects. Bankruptcy Judge <b>Robert Gerber</b> saved GM from billions in potential demands this month when he upheld its shield against claims tied to actions before its 2009 government bailout. A separate class action barred by his order will probably be dismissed, according to another federal judge assigned to sort and handle the cases.
