Will Criminal Charges Bring Justice for GM Victims? – National Legal and Policy Center
By Mark Modica
To understand how the politically-trained minds at GM think, let’s review the initial statements out of GM when the story of their defective ignition switches first broke. Bear in mind that the public would never have known about the extent of the problem and GM may have continued to cover-up the defect had it not been for an attorney, Lance Cooper, who exposed the details as he represented one of the victims. Following is the statement out of GM regarding accidents attributed to the ignition switch defect from a NY Times piece in February of 2014 as the allegations of a cover-up first surfaced:
“All of these crashes occurred off-road and at high speeds, where the probability of serious or fatal injuries was high regardless of air bag deployment. In addition, failure to wear seat belts and alcohol use were factors in some of these cases,” the statement said.