A GM ignition switch lawsuit has been filed by a man seriously injured in an accident allegedly caused by his car’s ignition switch failing.

Matthew T. was driving his 2004 Cadillac CTS when he allegedly lost control of the vehicle while navigating a curve on the highway. He ran off the side of the road and the vehicle overturned, rolling down an embankment and hitting trees and a fence before coming to a stop.

According to the GM ignition switch lawsuit, the air bags did not deploy and when the vehicle was found, the headlights were off.

Matthew says the CTS was subject to a recall called “unintended ignition key rotation” and that GM failed to appropriately notify him of how to obtain repairs for the defective ignition switch.

Matthew “suffered serious, severe and permanent injuries, including, but not limited to, a severe head injury, a severed ear, a fractured hip, and fractured arms,” says the complaint.

GM Ignition Switch Lawsuit Alleges Negligence

This ignition switch defect causes GM vehicles’ engines to turn off when the ignition switch is jostled. These defective switches are so sensitive they can flip to the off position with a slight bump from the driver’s knee or even from a keychain that is on the heavy side.

More than 100 accidents allegedly have been linked to the defect, and the GM ignition switch lawsuit alleges GM knew of the problem as early as 2001. Customers say they were kept in the dark about the issue until a 2014 recall finally was announced.

Several GM ignition switch lawsuits have been consolidated into a multidistrict litigation (MDL). Taylor’s lawsuit was removed from the Avery County, North Carolina General Court of Justice to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina and “is appropriate for MDL transfer and consolidation with the other Ignition Switch Actions pending in the Southern District of New York,” according to a Notice of Removal filed July 31, 2017.

Since February 2014, more than 315 GM ignition switch lawsuits have been filed in or removed to federal court. The actions “assert factual allegations involving defective ignition switches and/or inadvertent key rotation, including in Cadillac CTS vehicles,” says the removal document.

Taylor seeks compensation for “medical service and medical related expenses, emotional distress, physical pain, permanent physical injury, permanent impairment, loss of liberty, and all other ordinary, incidental and consequential damages as would be anticipated to arise under the circumstances,” says the GM ignition switch lawsuit.

You could qualify to participate in a GM ignition switch lawsuit if you were involved in an accident with any of the following vehicles:

• 2005-2010 Chevrolet Cobalt
• 2007-2010 Pontiac G5
• 2003-2007 Saturn Ion
• 2006-2011 Chevrolet HHR
• 2006-2010 Pontiac Solstice
• 2007-2010 Saturn Sky

The GM Ignition Switch Lawsuit is Case No. 1:17-cv-00207 in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina.