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Solo practitioner ‘single-handedly set the stage’ for massive GM recall – ABA Journal By Martha Neil It wasn’t until the Georgia solo practitioner dug for evidence against the automaker in a wrongful death case that the company recalled almost 800,000 vehicles last month, saying those cars could suddenly shut down if a driver jostled the…

As Scandal Unfolds, G.M. Calls In the Lawyers – New York Times By Matthew Goldstein and Barry Meier Read the full story here.  

GM Staff, Media Flagged Ignition Fault Long Before Recall – Bloomberg By Jeff Green and Jeff Plungis  The almost decade-old discussions of the defects — those voiced publicly as well as within GM — are contained within more than 32,000 pages of documents and depositions gathered by Lance Cooper, a Georgia lawyer who argued that…

Newly released GM records show ignition problems surfaced as early as 2001 – Detroit Free Press By Todd Spangler 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…

Feds open criminal probe into General Motors over recall – CBS The U.S. Attorney’s office in New York has opened a criminal investigation into General Motors to determine if there was any criminal wrongdoing on the part of GM stemming from the automaker’s faulty ignition switch recall last month, a person familiar with the matter confirmed to…

GM Recall 2014: Pictures Of The Tiny Ignition Switch Part That Could Cost General Motors Dearly – International Business Times By Angelo Times Miller was hired by Lance Cooper, a personal injury lawyer in Marietta, Ga., to examine the Chevrolet Cobalt driven by Brooke Melton, a 29-year-old nurse who was killed on March 10, 2010,…

Live Blog: GM’s Mary Barra Testifies on Capitol Hill Read the full story here. 

GM Now Says It Detected Ignition Switch Problem Back in 2001 – Wall Street Journal By Jeff Bennett Read the full story here. 

Another fatal crash may be linked to GM ignition-switch defect – CBS Did Cooper every receive all the information he wanted from GM? “No,” the lawyer said. “It was clear to us they had not produced a number of documents in violation of the court order.” Does Cooper think GM ever would have given him…

Congress to launch probe into General Motors recall – Fox News Read the full story here.