Kelly Irvin was driving home from work on a Missouri highway in 2012 when the engine of her 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt shut off. She lost control of the car, the air bags never deployed and the 23-year-old nurse ended up in a coma for three months, her lawsuit filed in May alleges.
Irvin’s car was among the 2.6 million worldwide that General Motors Co. recalled last year over an ignition-switch defect. She blamed the defect for the crash, which she alleges caused brain hemorrhaging, internal injuries and multiple bone fractures. Her case is among 18 lawsuits that could be the first to go to trial against GM over the ignition-switch defect.
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