A bankruptcy judges decision that a General Motors Co. (GM) customer failed to state a valid claim against the estate of so-called Old GM was upheld by a federal judge in Manhattan. Such rulings dont get overturned unless the courts findings of fact are clearly wrong, U.S. District Judge Lorna Schofield said in ending the appeal of U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Gerbers decision. An Old GM trust had allowed the customer to pursue a 2009 personal injury lawsuit in Florida during the automakers bankruptcy, even though most suits were stopped, Schofield said. The car owner asked Gerber to rule on his claim after the Florida court dismissed his suit last year, saying he was a “vexatious litigant,” according to a filing yesterday in U.S. Bankrupty Court in Manhattan.
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