Source: Legalreader.com
A man from South Florida was awarded $3 million after being badly hurt by a faulty airbag during a car crash. The jury in Miami-Dade County made their decision in favor of Jose Hernandez, who filed a lawsuit in 2022. His case was brought against the Takata Airbag Tort Compensation Trust Fund, which was created when the airbag maker, Takata, went bankrupt.
The crash happened in December 2020. Hernandez was driving his 2005 Honda Civic in Miami when he tried to make a left turn and was hit by another vehicle. Normally, the type of accident he was in would not have caused such serious harm. But what should have been a relatively minor crash turned into something much worse because of the airbag. The airbag inflator exploded the wrong way, sending a sharp piece of metal into his right arm. The lawsuit explained that this piece of metal was several inches long and caused significant damage.
The trust fund Hernandez sued was created specifically to deal with injuries caused by these airbags. Takata filed for bankruptcy in 2017 after the scale of the problem became clear. Lawsuits and recalls piled up, and the company could no longer keep up with the cost. The trust is now responsible for handling claims from people who were injured or killed because of the faulty products. Hernandez’s case is just one of many, but his story brings more attention to the dangers that still exist on the road, especially for people who are unaware that their cars might contain defective airbags.
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