Attorney General Janet Mills today announced that Maine has participated in a nationwide $120 million settlement with General Motors Company (GM) over allegations that GM concealed safety issues related to ignition-switch defects in GM vehicles.

 The settlement, reached between the attorneys general of 49 states and the District of Columbia and General Motors Company, concludes a multistate investigation into the auto manufacturer’s failure to timely disclose safety defects in ignition-switches in certain GM vehicles.