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This R&D provides resources on the General Motors (GM) ignition switch case.  The company is facing lawsuits and a federal investigation into an ignition switch defect that has been linked to more than one hundred deaths.  The defect caused the ignition switch to move out of position in older vehicles, disabling brakes, steering, and airbags.  GM recalled 2.6 million vehicles last year that were linked to the problem and reports are surfacing that federal investigators are likely to press criminal charges against some of the company’s employees that were allegedly aware of the problem and did little to fix it.