Newly released GM records show ignition problems surfaced as early as 2001 – Detroit Free Press
The family of Brooke Melton, 29, who died in a 2010 crash in a 2005 Cobalt, were not affected by GM’s liability shield. They sued and settled with GM in a confidential agreement. But the Melton family’s lawyer, Lance Cooper of Marietta, Ga., said GM still needs to take corrective action for what he called a corporate cover-up of a problem it was well aware of.
“Instead of recalling their product, they started paying the claims, which is outrageous,” Cooper said, adding that waiving the liability protection “would be a good step in the right direction.”