Key GM crisis questions: Who approved switch revision and why recall took so long – Rueters
May 30, 2014/
Key GM crisis questions: Who approved switch revision and why recall took so long – Rueters
By Marilyn Thompson and Paul Lienert
“We certainly did not approve a detent plunger design change,” DeGiorgio said last April in a deposition taken by plaintiff’s attorney Lance Cooper. DeGiorgio identified himself as the “main responsible engineer” for the ignition switch in the Cobalt and the Saturn Ion, which is also part of the recall.
Cooper’s clients, the family of Brooke Melton, sued GM after the young woman died in the 2010 crash of a 2005 Chevy Cobalt. They settled with GM.