GM loses false evidence claim as Texas family ignition continues

Oke News-General Motors LLC fails to derail a Texas family's claim for damages over a car crash blamed on a faulty ignition-switch after jurors were shown the wrong car key last week.

GM claimed Zachary Stevens' family intentionally faked evidence in a bid to bolster their claim that a Saturn Sky's ignition switch jiggled off and caused the crash, seriously injuring their then 19-year-old son and killing another driver.
"It presents a credibility issue for the plaintiffs," he said.

The trial, underway in Houston, is the second GM ignition case that threatened to blow up midway on accusations that a witness lied.

GM has repeatedly told jurors the Stevens' accident was caused by the teenager's reckless speeding on a rain-slick country road, not by any alleged safety defect in his mother's car.In recall notices issued for GM cars with the ignition-switch defect, the automaker instructed drivers to remove everything from their key rings, as the added weight might contribute to the switch jostling off. The key ring shown jurors in Houston included a bundle of other keys, an Eiffel Tower charm and a gym membership tag.

GM LOses

The Scheuer dismissal was a lucky break for the automaker, which has already spent more than $2 billion to resolve investigations and a securities lawsuit over the flawed ignition switches, as well as death and injury claims. The Stevens' dismissal would've been a second lucky break for GM, which faces hundreds of claims linked to a variety of safety recalls. GM recalled 2.6 million U.S. vehicles over the potentially faulty ignition switches that company engineers knew for years could fail.

After that recall, Houston-area prosecutors dropped criminal manslaughter charges against Zach Stevens over the death of the second driver in the crash. The Stevens family is seeking compensation from GM for the cost of Zach's criminal defense and his lingering traumatic brain injury.

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