Texas jury agrees with GM in ignition switch defect trial

A Texas jury yesterday said an ignition switch in a 2007 Saturn Sky did not cause a 2011 crash that killed one person and injured another.

Zachary Stevens and his parents sued General Motors alleging a faulty ignition switch in Stevens’ Saturn Sky was knocked out of position, thereby causing him to lose control of the vehicle, bounce off a guardrail and cross the center line to hit another vehicle, killing its driver.

GM lawyers argued Stevens was driving recklessly on a rainy road, and they also showed the jury that the key Stevens' lawyer presented as evidence was not the key used to operate the car at the time of the accident.

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