The Nation : GM Wins Brakes Lawsuit

A federal judge rejected government charges that General Motors Corp. sold 1.1 million 1980 X-cars that it knew had unsafe brakes that could cause the cars to spin out of control. U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson ruled in Washington against the government on five counts in a hard-fought case in which the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration accused GM of marketing X-cars whose rear brakes locked prematurely during stops. Jackson said no engineering evidence was produced to prove the charge.