UPDATE 1-GM legal department comes under fire at Senate hearing
July 17, 2014 at 11:32 AM EDT
WASHINGTON, July 17 (Reuters) - General Motors' legal department came under fire in a Senate hearing on Thursday, as lawmakers questioned why the automaker took more than 10 years to recall cars with ignition switch flaws while its lawyers worked on numerous cases involving deaths or injury caused by the malfunctioning switch.