General Motors’ ignition compensation fund said Monday it has rejected five of the final six injury claims in the yearlong review of more than 4,300 claims of deaths and injuries tied to defective ignition switches.The fund’s administrator, Washington lawyer Ken Feinberg, said in a report Monday that the fund is still reviewing just one of the 4,342 claims filed. Last week, the fund said it had approved 124 death claims — nearly 10 times more than the 13 deaths GM executives reported as the controversy unfolded in 2014. The fund plans to release a final report detailing more about the claims approved and rejected later this week.
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