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"I really don’t care about no money or anything,” she said. “I just want my record clean and for her family to forgive me and let everybody know it wasn’t my fault and could be something wrong with the car.”
Wilson’s lawyer, Bob Hilliard of Texas, said unless the Malibu is added to vehicles eligible for GM’s compensation fund related to the ignition switch recall, he plans to file a lawsuit against GM on behalf of Wilson and Hawkins by the end of July.
The side airbags went off, meaning the ignition was on, so it's not related to the ignition switch issue, and is simply one of negligence on the part of the driver. As was said in that thread:
"This is a perfect example of why companies don't publicize every little issue and defect (until they have to).
When they admit to an issue- every driver that does something stupid will try to blame that possible defect. (see Audi and Toyota unintended acceleration).
Human nature- when something really bad happens directly due to our actions, our ego tries to deflect the blame by rationalizing away the fault so we feel better about killing family and friends."
Anything to try to get rich. GM attorneys will chew him up and spit him out. Then GM will go after him for false allegations . Let his attorney go against GM's big gun attorneys and see who will win. GM attorneys are on retainer. Its like that commercial it's not nice to fool mother nature.
"Get Rich Quick Victims" and Sleazy Ambulance Chasers are having a ball with this unfortunate situation.
There's a very brief and to the point test results article in last month's Car and Driver.
The results were fairly simple . . . Brakes and Steering continue to perform after the ignition switch is cut off. Very possibly diminished power assist performance after a few stop attempts, however, they will and do perform well enough to control the vehicle.
For the record . . . car magazines rarely back or defend U.S. Auto Manufacturers, especially General Motors, however, the facts speak volumes for reality.
Wilson, then 18, had been pulled over by Pontiac police around 2:30 that morning. She was driving her cousin’s rented Malibu without a license. Police let her drive away and Wilson’s dad, Wayne Wilson, ordered her home.
I'm still waiting for the story about a car thief who steals something fast like a Vette, cracks it up then sues the owner of the car and the manufacturer because it was too easy to steal and too fast for the average car thief to handle.
This scenario could happen and this stupid story is a step closer to it.
so everything worked but she was too stupid to drive intelligently and sober and cracked up the car, and now she wants to sue gm because it was their product. it figures. stupid people doing stupid things, and then making someone else pay the price.
so everything worked but she was too stupid to drive intelligently and sober and cracked up the car, and now she wants to sue gm because it was their product. it figures. stupid people doing stupid things, and then making someone else pay the price.
It's the American way
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