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GM Settles Second Lawsuit Involving Original Ignition Switch Claim
General Motors Co. confirms it has settled a second lawsuit by the parents of Brooke Melton, the first identified victim of defective GM ignition switches that were later linked to 64 fatalities and more than 100 injuries.
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General Motors Co. confirms it has settled a second lawsuit by the parents of Brooke Melton, the first identified victim of defective GM ignition switches that were later linked to 64 fatalities and more than 100 injuries.
Terms of the new settlement were not disclosed. The Meltons filed the second lawsuit last spring, five years after their daughter died and shortly after GM launched a belated recall of 2.6 million vehicles equipped with the faulty switches.
The new complaint accused the company of knowingly selling defective vehicles and with fraud in settling the first lawsuit. The Meltons' lawyer says the family's goal was to hold GM accountable.
The lawyer adds that attorney Ken Feinberg, who heads a fund GM set up to compensate other victims, played an active role in reaching the out-of-court settlement.
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