Air bags save thousands of lives every year; however, a defective airbag can cause unnecessary harm to passengers, and those who have suffered injuries as a result of air bag problems may be entitled to compensation for their injuries.
Victims of auto accidents often suffer unnecessary injuries as a result of defective air bag systems. Some of the problems may include airbags that:
- Deploy with excessive force and speed
- Carry inadequate warnings
- Are too big
- Deploy unnecessarily in low-speed accidents
- Malfunction because of electrical problems
- Fail to deploy properly because of faulty sensors
Passengers who most commonly suffer injuries from defective air bags are children and small-statured women. Defective air bags can cause blindness, severe head injuries, brain damage and even death.
Laws against selling defective air bags “knowingly and intentionally” make doing so a felony punishable by a fine of $10,000 and up to three years in jail. In these cases, people who have suffered injuries as a result of the installation of defective air bags may recover damages from dealers who installed them or even car manufacturers.
If you or a loved one is involved in an accident that causes death or serious injury, call Callahan & Blaine, California’s Premier Litigation Firm. We are one of the leading catastrophic personal injury law firms in the state of California. In fact, in the last five years alone our lawyers have obtained over $1.5 billion in verdicts and settlements, including a record breaking $50 Million settlement against the City of Dana Point, which has been certified as the largest personal injury settlement in the history of the United States.
Callahan & Blaine also has numerous other record-breaking verdicts and settlement in Orange County, including the largest jury verdict in the history of Orange County ($934 Million), the largest class action settlement ($38 Million), the largest insurance bad faith judgment ($58 Million) and the largest employment law settlement ($38 Million). Callahan & Blaine also has recent personal injury settlements of $28 Million for a driver who was hit by a runaway truck wheel on the freeway, a $7.25 million settlement for a man who was run over trying to board a city bus, a $7.0 million settlement for a bicyclist who was struck by a newspaper delivery truck, and a $6.0 Million settlement for a bicyclist struck by an airport shuttle bus.
If you or someone you know has suffered a catastrophic injury or died as the result of an accident, please contact our California law firm for expert legal counsel.
