Terry Cole, a businessman from Sikeston, Missouri, had a very successful life despitebeing confined to a wheelchair for the last 35 years. He took great care of his skin so that remarkably he had never suffered from any the skin problems as many wheelchair-bound individuals do. In November 2007, he took a 45-minute trip in his brand new GM Cadillac Escalade. He was using a seat heater. Terry does not have normal sensation in the lower half of his body and was unable to feel that the seat had heated to 150 degreesduring the trip, severely burning him with third degree burns. The burns laid up Terry for 90 days and left him with permanent skin problems. He is farless mobile than he previously had been. Before the incident he was receiving experimental stem cell treatments in China and was making remarkable progress, to the point he was even able to stand with assistance. Yet all of that progress was lost after heexperienced the burns. He is now unable to travel long distances. His business and his social life have suffered greatly. Terry continues to be a loyal GM customer  buying GM vehicles for his business, but said, GM should pay for what they have done to meand shouldn't get to squirm out through bankruptcy. Terry has filed a lawsuit against GM.