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Published in TZ Latest News 13 March, 2015 by The TZ Newswire Staff

GM settles high-profile ignition-switch case with Georgia family

The family of a woman who died in a crash later blamed on a faulty General Motors Co (GM.N) ignition switch has settled a civil lawsuit against the automaker, ending litigation that helped bring to light the company’s decade-long delay in recalling millions of defective vehicles. Lawyers for the parents of Brooke Melton disclosed the settlement on Friday, but did not reveal details of the agreement. GM declined to comment on Friday. The Melton family was represented by Lance Cooper of the Cooper Firm of Marietta, Georgia, and the Beasley Allen firm of Montgomery, Alabama.