Airbag Failure that Left Virginia Man Brain Damaged Leads To $14 Million Verdict by Jury

The failure of an air bag to deploy in a Hyundai car left a man from Virginia with traumatic brain injuries, a jury has heard.

The jury in Pulaski County eventually awarded the man, who was left in a coma for almost a week, $14 million.

Virginia Lawyers Weekly reported the victim was left with a permanent brain injury after the accident when he was 16. Attorneys for the family argued airbag sensors in Hyundai’s 2003 to 2008 Tiburon models, were in an incorrect location and failed to accurately detect when the side air bag should deploy.

Virginia Lawyers Weekly reported the $14 million verdict in the case may be a record products liability case for Southwest Virginia.

The plaintiff was represented by Ari Casper, Julie Mitchell and Ron Kovner.

All cases are different and we cannot guarantee the same results in a case.

Defects on cars can injure and kill drivers and passengers. Recently our Virginia Beach injury lawyers reported on how there were 650 safety recalls affecting almost 18 million vehicles last year.

If you have been harmed by a defective product in a car or maybe your automobile was not crash worthy in that it failed to protect you in an accident, you may have grounds to file a lawsuit against the manufacturer. See our Virginia product liability attorneys’ questions and answers.

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