GM settles second suit with recall whistle-blower – CNN Money
The mourning parents who helped expose GM’s coverup of the ignition switch defect have settled a second lawsuit with the company.
Brooke Melton was driving a Chevrolet Cobalt when she was killed in a crash on March 10, 2010 — her 29th birthday. Her parents Ken and Beth Melton were convinced that their daughter was driving carefully and not at fault, so they hired an expert engineer to look at the car’s wreckage.