Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the program, has extended thedeadline to file claims under General Motor's fault ignition-switchcompensation program by one month to Jan. 31, reports Reuters.
|In a statement, Feinberg says the extension to the GM IgnitionCompensation Claims Resolution Facility was added "out of anabundance of caution." Notice of the new deadline was sent tonearly 4.5 million current and previous owners of eligiblevehicles.
|Feinberg's office has approved compensation for the families of33 victims killed in GM cars with faulty ignition switches since itbegan accepting claims on Aug. 1. According to Reuters, GM'signition switch compensation program has received 2,105 claims fordeaths and serious injuries linked to the switch.
|GM said it agreed with the extension of the deadline, saying ina statement: "Our goal with the program has been to reachevery eligible person impacted."
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