(Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. settled a lawsuit over thedeath of a 29-year-old woman that helped trigger the recall of 2.59million cars with faulty ignition switches.

GM is the target of investigations by state and federalagencies related to the ignition faults. The defect resultedin 64 deaths and 108 other injury claims eligible for compensation,according to Kenneth Feinberg, administrator of the automaker’sfund created to pay victims. Another 156 death claims are underreview, according to the fund.

Anton Valukas, a lawyer paid by GM, reported last year thatthe company failed for at least a decade to promptly resolvecomplaints from consumers, dealers and others about abnormalcrashes in the Chevy Cobalt and Saturn Ion. Valukas also reportedthat GM later replaced the faulty ignition switch withoutalerting the public or changing the part number as required.

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Brooke Melton, 29, died in a March 2010 crash when the ignitionswitch in her 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt failed, causing her to losecontrol of the car. Her parents settled an initial lawsuit for $5million, then asked GM to rescind the agreement and fileda second lawsuit last year alleging the automaker concealed thedefects in the Cobalt and withheld evidence before the accord wasreached.

Tackle a giant

“The fact that Mr. and Mrs. Melton would be willing to take on acorporate giant and end up being directly responsible for alertingboth the government and the public to a massive cover-up by GeneralMotors is one of the most courageous things that I’ve experiencedin my career as a lawyer,” Jere Beasley, one of the parents’attorneys, said in a statement.

The new lawsuit was pending in state court in Georgia, split offfrom multiple claims consolidated before a federal judge in NewYork. The settlement terms are confidential, Beasley said.

Jim Cain, a GM spokesman, confirmed the settlement anddeclined to comment further.

The Meltons settled the new suit because they had accomplishedtheir goals of bringing the ignition-switch defect and GM’scover-up to light, Cooper said.

“They wanted to hold GM accountable,” said LanceCooper, another of the Melton’s lawyers.

The case is Melton v. General Motors LLC, 14A-1197-4, StateCourt, Cobb County, Georgia (Marietta).

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