Confirmed deaths tied to General Motors' defective ignition switches stand at 50, four times GM’s estimate through much of 2014, as a Jan. 31 deadline nears for sending in claims.The number may go higher. A total of 338 death claims were filed from August through Jan. 23, Kenneth Feinberg, who handles payments related to GM’s best-known series of recalls, reported today. Of those, 67 are still under review and he is working with 53 applicants who haven’t documented their requests. The rest didn’t meet his standards, his report said.
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