St. Louis product liability lawyer Ryan Bradley has investigated and worked on cases where an airbag defect caused the vehicle’s airbags to not deploy when they should have. A Missouri product liability lawyer may file an airbag defect lawsuit against the automobile manufacturer if the manufacturer was negligent in the design of the airbag system or if there was a defect in the airbag system. In addition, Missouri product liability lawsuits may be filed against the manufacturer for failure to warn of dangers airbags pose to small children and other occupants. Airbags were never designed for small children, yet many manufacturers failed to tell mothers and fathers of this fact.
Vehicles are designed to withstand a small amount of force without deployment. This is normal as airbags can present more danger to an occupant than they help in these types of impacts. However, once the force of the impact reaches a predetermined force level, airbag sensors in the vehicle are designed to trigger the mechanism that sets off the airbag. In many instances, airbags do not deploy for one reason or another when a force of sufficient magnitude is applied to the sensor. In these cases, we hire mechanical engineers to investigate the crash, determine if the force load was strong enough to trigger the sensor and then determine why the airbag did not deploy. Many times, the non-deployment is due to a defect in the sensor or even a design defect in the vehicle’s sensor.

If you or a loved one has been seriously injured in a Missouri car wreck where the airbag did not deploy, you may have a Missouri personal injury lawsuit against the car manufacturer for an airbag defect. Please call the St. Louis injury lawyers at the Bradley Law Firm to talk to a product liability lawyer today about your case for free.