Sarasota Injury Lawyer M. David Shapiro Comments On GM's Response To the Latest Round Of Recalls

SARASOTA, Fla. - June 18, 2014 - PRLog -- General Motors CEO Mary Barra's statements to the House Energy and Commerce Committee have done little to put the auto maker's miss handling of recalling defective vehicles at rest.

As GM's new leadership seeks to return public confidence in GM's integrity, many within the legal community express skepticism given a long history of corporations putting profits ahead of public interests.

Attorney M. David Shapiro of the Sarasota Personal Injury Law Firm Shapiro Goldman Babboni & Walsh had this to say about GM's conduct,

“In the usual fashion, once discovered, the CEOs of the offending corporations always profess their determination to make things right. The CEO of GM, Mary Barra, is following the playbook in her comment, 'I will not rest until these problems are resolved.'

As soon as they are called upon to accept financial responsibility, however, the CEOs do more than rest; they defend, avoid, obstruct and deny. Case in point: the BP oil spill and the efforts to avoid financial accountability despite what looked like early acceptance of responsibility.

They count on the public’s attention deficit disorder or poor collective memory,” commented Attorney David Shapiro.

Shapiro continued with, “They hire actors for television ads that cast them in a positive light with a social conscience, but their actions are the opposite and largely unnoticed, accept by the direct victims. Thankfully, the lawyers who work in the civil  justice system do not forget. They fight not only for the direct victims, but those who might have been victims as well”

About Attorney M. David Shapiro

Sarasota personal injury lawyer M. David Shapiro is an AV-rated civil trial lawyer, the highest rating awarded to litigation attorneys. He is also board certified by the Florida Bar. An experienced trial lawyer who has earned the respect of his peers in the legal community. M. David Shapiro has successfully litigated civil rights cases involving access to courts and rights under the Rehabilitation Act to the United States Supreme Court. He is admitted to practice in all of the Florida State Courts, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the United States Court of Appeal for the Eleventh Circuit. For more than 20 years, Shapiro has practiced exclusively in the area of personal injury and wrongful death in Sarasota Florida. Shapiro has also been a candidate for political office, and was narrowly defeated in 2006 in his bid for election to the Florida House of Representatives.