Cobalt Cover-Up 

Cobalt Cover-Up Why did Brooke Melton die at the wheel of her 2005 Chevy Cobalt on a rainy night in March 2010? It took Marietta, Georgia, lawyer Lance Cooper 18 months to solve that mystery, eventually forcing GM to recall millions of vehicles with defective ignition switches and to pay billions in compensation and fines. There are many stories about the scandal, but none so close to the action as Cooper’s new, first-person account. It’s also a reminder that but for Cooper’s work, Brooke Melton’s death – and many others – would have been chalked up as yet another tragic case of “driver error.”  Read our review at The Safety Record Blog.