Air Bag Failure with Serious Injury

[BigSweetie]

A friend of mine, who lives in GA, was a passenger in a one-vehicle accident in which a new (two months old) truck rolled end over end. Vehicle was traveling over 55 mph; both driver and passenger were wearing their seatbelts; neither the driver or the passenger air bags deployed. My friend has significant injuries; would he have a case to sue the truck manufacturer for compensation? Thank you for any advice you can provide.

 

[motoxkid]

A friend of mine, who lives in GA, was a passenger in a one-vehicle accident in which a new (two months old) truck rolled end over end. Vehicle was traveling over 55 mph; both driver and passenger were wearing their seatbelts; neither the driver or the passenger air bags deployed. My friend has significant injuries; would he have a case to sue the truck manufacturer for compensation? Thank you for any advice you can provide.

Happend to a freind of mine also in a 2003 Ford F150, got in a head on at 45mph and no air bags. He is still waiting on his lawyer to get back to him. Good luck and hope your freind is OK.

 

[teflon_jones]

Auto manufacturers put disclaimers in the owner's manuals about air bags not inflating in all accidents, and that you should always wear your seat belt. There's no guarantee that they'll inflate, even in front-end collisions, no matter what the speeds involved. There's infinite variables in an accident, and an auto manufacturer can't predict all of them! You'll need to prove that there was a flaw in the design of the airbag, or in the parts in the car. Otherwise, the auto manufacturer already has a disclaimer saying that the air bag won't go off in all collisions, so they're covered.