Does Your Car Have Defective Airbags?

This video features Raymond Hatcher, a Medical Malpractice attorney based in Texas.

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“Airbags can malfunction in many different ways besides just failure to deploy.”

How can you tell if you have a defective airbag? What sorts of risks do malfunctioning airbags present?

Raymond Hatcher is a trial attorney with Sloan Law Firm, which is based in Longview, Texas, and has offices in Houston and Santa Fe. He devotes his practice exclusively to litigation, and his areas of practice include truck accidents, car accidents, commercial litigation, toxic torts, ERISA claims, and workplace injury cases.

To learn more, contact the attorney directly by calling 888-364-6814 or by submitting a contact form on this page. There is no charge for the consultation, and you never owe any out-of-pocket attorney fees.

Key Takeaways From Raymond Hatcher:

When the airbags in a vehicle aren’t working properly, the effect can be disastrous.

Airbags are incredibly complex.

Airbag technology has grown by leaps and bounds, and today even includes computers that decide how hard an airbag should deploy and how long it should stay inflated. The sheer complexity and diversity of modern airbag technology today means that it is often essential to get the advice of an expert who knows how these devices work and can identify if a defect was involved in their deployment. However, as a general rule of thumb, if a vehicle is in a collision and the airbags fail to deploy, there is likely a defect with the airbags that needs to be looked into.

Airbags reduce the risk of death in a collision by about 52%.

Although the specific injuries related to a car accident depends on the type of collision that occurred, the number one consequence when an airbag fails to deploy is death, followed by neck injuries, paralysis, facial injuries, and other serious bodily injuries. The airbags are often overlooked or forgotten by victims of a car accident, but if there is any chance that a defective airbag might have contributed to the injuries or damages of the accident, it’s important to seek professional advice.

Experienced attorneys and the experts they call on in these cases can identify defective airbags.

Failure to deploy is an often talked about defect in airbags, but it is by no means the only kind of airbag defect. Late deployment, under-inflation, and airbags that do not stay inflated for long enough in a collision are just a few other types of problems with defective airbags. Additionally, older airbags tended to inflate with a greater amount of power and intensity and these out-of-date airbags can also be responsible for additional injuries to a car accident victim.

The recall status of the airbags in your vehicle could affect your eligibility in a claim.

The main concern regarding eligibility in a claim if an airbag has been recalled is whether or not the manufacturer took adequate measures to inform the owners of the vehicles containing those airbags as well as taking proper corrective actions. For example, if the owner of one of these vehicles received a recall but failed to take the car in for repairs, or if the manufacturer did not have the pieces necessary to perform the repair, each of these situations could result in a different effect on the eligibility of a consumer to file a successful product liability claim.

Claims regarding defective airbags are notoriously complicated; seeking legal counsel is highly recommended.

To assess the viability of a defective airbag victim’s claim, the status of the airbags themselves, and the value of the damages in these situations takes the knowledge and resources of a variety of experts in different fields. It can be extremely difficult for a car accident victim to secure reliable evaluations from trusted experts on their own. However, car accident attorneys already have connections in these fields and know exactly what to look for to prove your case and ensure your best chance for fair compensation.

It might help to note that most reputable car accident attorneys work on contingency, which means you don’t pay unless and until they win your case. If you suspect that you or a loved one were injured or killed by a defective airbag, seek legal counsel to learn what an attorney can do for you.

To learn more, contact Raymond Hatcher directly by calling 888-364-6814 or by submitting a contact form on this page. There is no charge for the consultation, and you never owe any out-of-pocket attorney fees.

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