Callan Campbell, a recent high-school graduate, was a week away from starting classes at a local community college in August 2004 when the 1996 GMC Jimmy sport-utility vehicle she was riding in flipped over and rolled several times.

Today, she’s a quadriplegic, confined to a wheel chair and suffering regular back spasms. Ms. Campbell, now 23 years old, sued GM in a Pennsylvania court, alleging that faulty manufacturing caused the SUV’s roof to crush in and paralyze her.

Terry Cole Sikeston, MO Terry Cole, who had lived successfully for 35 years in a wheelchair, was severely burned by a defective seat heater because he does not have normal sensation in the lower half of his body.

 

Ralph Binder (deceased)Joy Wolf (former wife) and two sonsLos Angeles, CARalph Binder, Emmy-winning ABC News cameraman, was killed when the roof of his GM Suburban caved in during an accident.Ralph Binder, a loving father to two young boys, was a news cameraman who worked almost exclusively for ABC News.

 

 

On the afternoon of August 9, 2007, Joseph Anthony Garrett, 20, was driving on Old Beulah Road in Douglas County, Georgia, when Garrett lost control of his 2006 Chevrolet Colorado pick-up truck.

 

CHRYSLER AND GM BANKRUPTCIES: WIPING OUT THE

RIGHTS OF CATASTROPHICALLY-INJURED VICTIMS

WHAT IT MEANS FOR CONSUMERS

According to the Chrysler bankruptcy plan, families driving any Chrysler now on the road (more than 10 million vehicles), whose occupants are severely injured in a collision or otherwise because the car was not made safely, will have no recourse against the company. The GM bankruptcy proposes the same thing (more than 30 million vehicles).*