The CBS Evening News reported that a family that had
previously accepted a settlement from GM is now suing the automaker against in
the wake of the recall of more than 2.5 million cars, saying that GM didn’t tell the truth about a deadly
defect. CBS reports that “during sworn testimony in the case, GM engineer Ray
DeGiorgio was asked whether he knew about any changes to the switch design.” He
said he wasn’t aware of the change but a “document from April 2006, seven years
earlier, shows Degiorgio’s signature on a document authorizing a change.”
The Detroit News reports that Attorney Lance Cooper says
that “he hopes to depose GM CEO Mary Barra in the new suit, plus Jim Federico,
GM’s recently retired executive director of global vehicle integration who has
taken a high-level job at Harley-Davidson.” The suit alleges that since the
settlement, GM has told the NHTSA and Congress that DeGiorgio’s statements were
false. A GM spokesman denied that GM fraudulently concealed relevant and
critical facts. Meanwhile, “experts say the outcome of this lawsuit could lead
other families who have settled with GM to attempt to reopen cases.”
The Fairfield County (CT) Business Journal reports that
attorney Agostinho Ribeiro, CEO of Fairfield County-based Ventura, Ribeiro
& Smith, “has assembled a national team of attorneys to represent victims
in the national GM recall.” The Journal notes that Sen. Richard Blumenthal
(D-CT) recently called on the NHTSA “to force GM to take further action to
protect the 2.6 million consumers affected by the ignition switch recall
announced earlier this year, including urging GM to warn owners to stop driving
the recalled cars until they can be repaired.” However, Transportation
Secretary Anthony Foxx opposed Blumenthal’s request, saying, “The NHTSA is
satisfied that for now, until the permanent remedy is applied, the safety risk
posed by the defect in affected vehicles is sufficiently mitigated by GM’s
recommended action.” Ribeiro says that telling drivers it’s safe to continue
driving these vehicles “is to blatantly disregard basic standards of consumer
safety.”
We believe that obtaining legal satisfaction from those who
harmed you shouldn’t require more hardship. That’s why we do everything we can
to streamline the process, and we will file a lawsuit on your behalf if
necessary. If you or a loved one has been affected by this recall, and you
believe it caused an injury, contact Chhabra & Gibbs today by going to
www.cglawms.com or by calling this number: 601-948-8005.
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