General Motors' top lawyer Michael Millikin is retiring three months after he withstood withering criticism by lawmakers for his department's handling of GM's deadly ignition switch defect.
GM said today that Millikin, 66, informed the company of his decision to retire early next year. GM will begin an immediate external search for his replacement, the company said in a statement.
During a Senate hearing in July on GM's handling of its recall of 2.6 million cars for a faulty ignition switch linked to 27 deaths, senators questioned how Millikin couldn't have known about the defect when top lawyers had worked on the matter for years.
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