News

General Motors expands recall for ignition problems By Shellie Nelson GM has been accused of not responding quickly enough to resolve this problem. A Georgia attorney is suing GM on behalf of a woman who died in 2010 while driving a 2005 model year Cobalt. The attorney, Lance Cooper, has also petitioned the National Highway Traffic…

National Legal and Policy Center – Evidence Mounts that GM Delayed Recall with Deadly Results NHTSA has been asked to require GM to explain its deadly recall delay by Lance Cooper, the attorney involved in one of the lawsuits. NHTSA has not responded to the request, as reported by USA Today, which writes: The federal safety…

General Motors accused of deadly recall delay – Fox 6 News The attorney suing General Motors, Lance Cooper, represents the family of a woman killed in 2010 while driving a 2005 Cobalt, which was among the recalled vehicles. A GM engineer experienced the problem while test-driving one of the vehicles in 2004 according to deposition…

Evidence Mounts that GM Delayed Recall with Deadly Results – National Legal and Policy Center By Mark Modica The attorney suing General Motors, Lance Cooper, represents the family of a woman killed in 2010 while driving a 2005 Cobalt, which was among the recalled vehicles. Read the full story here.

General Motors accused of deadly recall delay – Fox News A Georgia attorney is alleging that GM knew about the problem since 2004 but failed to undertake a recall until mid-February, when GM recalled 778,000 Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5 cars. The cars’ ignition switch could easily be bumped or shaken out of the “on”…

GM accused of delaying recall on cars that killed 6 – The Washington Times By Cheryl K. Chumley Read the full story here. 

General Motors Accused of Late Recall – Zacks General Motors initially attempted to avoid a recall by issuing Technical Service Bulletins for the problem. The bulletin advised putting an insert into the ignition switch of the Chevrolet HHR and Cobalt, Pontiac Solstice and G5 and Saturn Sky and Ion vehicles.  Lawyer Lance Cooper has also…

7 Years Before Recall, Crash Investigator Raised Concern Over Switched-Off G.M. Air Bags – New York Times By Christopher Jenson Read the full story here. 

Lawyer Asks NHTSA To Question GM About Timing Of Ignition Switch Recall – GM Authority By Sam Mcheachern “Testimony of GM engineers and documents produced in Melton v. General Motors et. al., show that the automaker actually knew about the defective ignition switch in these vehicles in 2004 before it began selling (the 2005 Chevrolet…

General Motors Accused of Late Recall – Analyst Blog  NASDAQ Lawyer Lance Cooper has also accused General Motors of not addressing the ignition switch defect in vehicles other than Chevrolet Cobalt and Pontiac G5. The lawyer is representing a woman who was killed in a Cobalt, which crashed due to this problem.  Read the full…