On October 24, 2006, three teens went out to a Wisconsin Walmart in a 2005 Chevy Cobalt. On the way home, they were involved in a horrible crash as a result of a defective GM ignition switch. The Cobalt shut itself off, rendering safety mechanisms, such as protective airbags, completely ineffectual. As USA Today reported, […]
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Cal. Mom Died in Ion because of Defective GM Ignition Switch
It can be difficult to learn about people who are hurt or killed by defective products. But doing so not only honors those people, it helps us understand and relate to why victims and their families deserve compensation. GM’s defective ignition switch has killed many, including a mom from right here in the Golden State. […]
2017: Mandatory Prison for Sexual Assault of Unconscious Victims
California legislators have passed laws to align the state’s penalties for rape in a way that avoids the national spectacle brought on by the Brock Turner sentencing. The Golden State’s current rape penalty scheme provides leeway to judges to reduce offender sentences when the victim was unconscious or otherwise unable to give legal consent to […]
Walmart’s Insurance Company Dishes Out Cash, Pays Back Walmart for Tracy Morgan Crash Settlement
Remember in 2014 when Tracy Morgan was in that horrific crash after his show in Delaware? After all this time, the trucker who hit the van Morgan was travelling in has pled guilty to five criminal charges. After Morgan’s comedy show that night, he and his friends were riding in a limo van on the […]
GM Fired 15 Employees for Incompetence and Neglect in Probe of Ignition Switch Defect
The more you learn about the events surrounding GM’s ignition switch scandal, the more troubling it becomes. Characterizing the events as “deeply troubling,” GM fired 15 employees as a result of the fatal ignition switch defect. GM hired a former federal prosecutor, Anton Valukas, to conduct an internal investigation on its behalf. The result of […]
