Victims of a 2004 crash have filed a lawsuit against General Motors Co to reopen a settlement.
They are also accusing the automaker of fraud, according to Reuters.
Candice Anderson, 21, the driver of a 2004 Saturn Ion, was driving in Texas when the vehicle went off the road and hit a tree.
As a result of the crash, Anderson suffered a number of injuries while her co-passenger and boyfriend, Mikale Erickson, 25, was killed.
Erickson's family and Anderson sued the company in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas on June 9. The two parties claim the automaker "watched silently" as Anderson was indicted and prosecuted for a felony offense, despite knowing that the defective vehicle was the reason Erickson was killed.
"GM placed 100 percent of the blame on a 21-year-old innocent girl and ended up paying $75,000 to settle the entire case," attorney Robert Hilliard of law firm Hilliard Munoz Gonzales, representing Erickson's family and Anderson, said in a statement, according to Reuters.
GM has recalled over 2.6 million vehicles this year, including Chevy Cobalts and Saturn Ions, to replace defective switches.
The switches can cause engines to shut off while driving, leading to a sudden loss of power steering, power brakes and failure of air bags to deploy in the event of a crash.
Fifteen company employees were fired last week, including a number of high-ranking executives, for their roles in the controversial recall.
The automaker has declined to comment on the lawsuit as of press time.
The case is Anderson v. General Motors, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, No. 14-538.
The law firm is also representing the families of Seyde Chansuthus, Amy Radermaker, and Amber Marie Rose, victims in other incidents linked to the faulty ignition switches.
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