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The early warnings that GM missed – Automotive News Drivers got blame before switch was quietly changed By Nick Bunkley Five additional deaths are linked to crashes involving the Ion, which GM added to its recall on Feb. 25. GM expanded the recall six days after Lance Cooper, the Georgia lawyer who represented Melton’s estate…

NHTSA Drops the Ball – The Legal Examiner By Brett Emison “The chief engineer who discovered the problem, he just whitewashed it.  We can’t fit it in time, so  it will have to remain in the car when we begin selling them later this year,” [attorney Lance] Cooper says.  “It’s bone-chilling.  They recognized the defect.…

Congress to Investigate GM Recall – Wall Street Journal By Jeff Bennett and Joseph B. White Read the full story here.   

Evidence reveals more deaths tied to GM recall – Channel 2 Action News By Jim Strickland

Don’t Settle, NHTSA – Safety Research & Strategies Inc. Yesterday, the agency sent General Motors an extraordinary 27-page Special Ordercompelling the automaker to answer 107 questions about an ignition defect in the 2005-2007 Chevy Cobalt and six other models that claimed at least 13 lives and injured at least 31. Retired NHTSA senior enforcement lawyer Alan…

Feds order GM to explain recall lag – USA Today By James R. Healey and Fred Meier Read the full story here. 

GM’s delayed recall a moral failure – Los Angeles Daily Journal By Jonathon Michaels Los Angeles Daily Journal – GM’s delayed recall a moral failure – Read it here.

Big recall poses threat to General Motors’ reputation – The Columbus Dispatch By Brent Snavely & Nathan Bomey “It’s our position that criminal penalties should be considered,” said lawyer Lance Cooper, who represented the estate of pediatric nurse Brooke Melton, who was killed in an accident in Georgia. Cooper said the Transportation Recall Enhancement, Accountability and Documentation Act,…

GM execs brace for recall fallout – Automotive News What remains unclear is when GM learned of the 13 fatalities, says Lance Cooper, a suburban Atlanta attorney representing the estate of Brooke Melton of Hiram, Ga., who died in 2010 at age 29 when the engine in her 2005 Cobalt cut off and she crashed.…