So far, the ignition-switch defect cost GM $35 million in fines, and—according to trial lawyers suing the company—cost as many as 60 people their lives. GM still faces a criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.
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A General Motors internal investigation into the reasons why millions of its cars were manufactured with deadly defective ignition switches lays blame on several senior legal and engineering executives, but absolves the motor company’s upper management from wrongdoing. So reports the Associated Press.
So far, the ignition-switch defect cost GM $35 million in fines, and—according to trial lawyers suing the company—cost as many as 60 people their lives. GM still faces a criminal investigation by the U.S. Department of Justice.