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He did not return cnns calls. >> good evening. >> reporter: gm declined an interview with cnn. gm denies it engaged in improper behavior. they admit 13 people died as a result of the defect but won't release the names. gms list only includes frontal crashes where air bags didn't inflate. >> they are playing with numbers. they don't count brooke's death and she's dead because of that ignition switch. >> why is general motors only counting frontal crashes? >> we have analyzed all the information we have available to us, based on one specific definition. we counted 13 people. >> her death not bei...

Hydroplaned on a rainy evening four years ago. the car spun out and was struck by another vehicle. then dropped 15 feet into this creek. the accident report says melton was driving to fast for roadway conditions causing her to lose control of the vehicle. >> she was driving 58 and the speed limit was 55. >> reporter: do you believe that could have caused the accident? >> no. i believe that she lost power. >> reporter: it is now moan the ignition switch on her cobalt was defective. this analysis of the car's data recorder provided by the m melton's attorney shows the switch was in the ignition ...

Key documents from them and say a gm engineer lied in a sworn deposition. >> we did the design release engineer for the ignition switch in the '05 cobalt. >> yes, i was. >> reporter: the melton's attorney gave him part of the dep shooigs denied approving any changes to the ignition switch. >> there was never a work order that i saw hot lining this. >> any such change was made, if was made without your knowledge and authorization? >> that is correct. >> reporter: but in 2006, digiorgio signed this form authorizing a switch making it harder to turn inadvertently. >> this subcommittee will come t...

>> reporter: do you believe that could have caused the accident? >> no. i believe she lost power. >> it's known the ignition switch was defective. this analysis provided by their attorney shows the switch was in the accessory position at the time of the crash, shutting the engine off and disabling the air bags, power steering and antilock breaks. >> the evidence is overwhelming the defects in the key system resulted in her death. >> reporter: gm would not comment on it. 2.6 million cars were recalled. before the recall, they settled their case for an undisclosed amount. now, they are fightingi...

To 1,000 every 90 seconds. san francisco's famed cable cars are running again after a three-day sick out by operators. light rail trains and buses returned to service. the sick out came after workers rejected a proposal that union leaders say would have resulted in a pay cut. general motors says it has fired 15 employees for their role in the deadly ignition switch scandal.) some critics say the company didn't go far enough to investigate the problem. here's abc's rebecca jarvis. >> reporter: the moment of truth for gm ceo mary barra. >> this report is extremely thorough, brutally tough, a...