Lance Cooper sued GM today in Georgia state court, asking a judge to reopen the matter, initially settled in September. A GM engineer lied under oath by denying knowledge of an ignition switch design change that he had authorized, according to the complaint. The company later affirmed the engineer's fraudulent responses, Cooper said in the filing. Cooper also filed a motion for sanctions against Detroit-based GM over the alleged misconduct.
"This case is the best vehicle to get to what GM knew and when they knew it," Cooper said in a phone interview.
The automaker already faces more than 60 proposed group lawsuits over economic losses allegedly incurred by owners of the defective vehicles, as well as several death and injury suits. A judicial panel will consider consolidating the economic damages cases at the end of the month.
A copy of the complaint, obtained by Bloomberg News, couldn't be immediately confirmed in court records.
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