GM sued for faulty ignition switches

A lawsuit begins against General Motors over some faulty ignition switches.

A Texas lawyer has sued GM on behalf of 658 people injured or killed in crashes allegedly caused by faulty ignition switches.

The lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan names 29 people who were killed and 629 who were hurt.

All the crashes occurred after GM left bankruptcy protection in July 2009.

The lawyer says that makes them exempt from GM's efforts to shield itself from claims due to crashes that happened before the bankruptcy.