Family of GM Ignition-Switch Victim Settles for More Than $5 Million – Wall Street Journal
By Mike Spector and Jeff Bennett
The family of a Georgia woman whose death helped trigger a recall crisis at General Motors Co. over defective ignition switches settled all litigation with the auto maker for more than $5 million, their lawyer said.
The parents of Brooke Melton accepted a payout from GM’s compensation fund forvictims of the faulty ignition switch that adds to the $5 million the auto maker paid to settle a previous lawsuit they had filed, said their lawyer, Lance Cooper, on a call with reporters Monday.