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After a G.M. Recall, a Fiery Crash and a Payout
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The story of Lara Gass, a law student in Virgina, whose brakes, power steering and power failed causing a fiery crash, because of a faulty ignition switch in a 2006 Saturn Ion. The failure of GM to take the cars with that defective switch off the road till they are repaired is cause for anguish for 21 grieving families that lost a family member.
Profile of a GM ignition switch defect crash victim (1)- a trusting law student Lara Gass in Virginia
09/25/2014
Parents of Lara Gass are still disturbed by the failure of GM to get the cars with the defective ignition switch off the road till they are repaired. About 21 crash victims frim the GM ignition switch defect and recall are being compensated by a unit setup under Kenneth Feinberg by GM- $1 million or more for each victims family, with 21 identified families. Parents of Gass say they feel conflicted about the compensation, as it does not assuage the grief from the way GM let the ignition switch defect remain unaddressed for the better part of a decade. The car Gass drove was a Saturn Ion, ironically the very Saturn GM spent a decade building as a brand that would address the quality issues of the 1980's. The trust the dad and daughter placed in GM and the girl's innocent affection for the small car, contrasts sharply with GM's attitude that simply informing customers not to have anything other than the car key in the key chain when starting was enough for its customers. Lara's Ion's brakes, power steering and power were all shut off because of the ignition switch defect just when she needed to stop or slow down to avoid hitting a tractor trailer ahead.
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