In what sense? I haven't seen the news reports, so maybe I am missing the relevant facts. The manufacturer has no access to the data unless it becomes relevant at trial in a products liability suit, is what I am assuming.
If GM is, for example, selling the data to defense counsel and insurance companies in ordinary collision cases, I'd agree with you.
As it is, it seems to me that they did something unsavory but not illegal. As I understand it, it's an undisclosed feature of the equipment, but it doesn't affect the operation, nor the effectiveness, nor, God help them, the price. I don't see how it doesn't affect the price, so I think they've got bad problems, but not in court in a products liability suit. |
