Honda Motor Company recalled 440,000 vehicles, including three of their most popular models – the Civic, Acura TL, and Accord, due to a highly dangerous airbag problem. The problem centers around the airbag inflator and its propensity to rupture due to an exorbitant amount of air pressure causing metal fragments to shoot out and strike the driver, according to Reuters.
The Honda airbag recall began back in November of 2008 and the 440,000 is a newly expanded number of vehicles potentially at risk.
One person was killed due to this problem and many others have been injured. As a personal injury lawyer who’s represented clients hurt by airbag failure, I believe a thorough investigation needs to be conducted examining what and when Honda knew about the lethal airbag problem. The fact someone has already died from this issue is unacceptable.
Here’s a video discussing the risks associated with motor vehicle airbags…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMzJNzfAIV8
Honda prides itself on being a motor vehicle company that’s ethical, forthright, and manufactures safe vehicles. This airbag issue indicates a major failure in all three areas.
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Rick Shapiro has practiced personal injury law for over 30 years in Virginia, North Carolina, and throughout the Southeastern United States. He is a Board-Certified Civil Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy (ABA Accredited) and has litigated injury cases throughout the eastern United States, including wrongful death, trucking, faulty products, railroad, and medical negligence claims. During his three-decade career, Shapiro has won client appeals before the VA Supreme Court, VA Court of Appeals, NC Supreme Court, SC Supreme Court, WV Supreme Court, TN Supreme Court, and three times before the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, underscoring Shapiro’s trial achievements. In addition, he and his law firm have won settlements/verdicts in excess of $100 million. His success in and out of the courtroom is a big reason why he was named 2019 “Lawyer of the Year” in railroad law in U.S. News & World Report's Best Lawyers publication (Norfolk, VA area), and he has been named a “Best Lawyer” and “Super Lawyer” by those peer-reviewed organizations for multiple years. Rick was also named a “Leader in the Law, Class of 2022” by Virginia Lawyers Weekly (total of 33 statewide honorees consisting of lawyers and judges across Virginia). And in September 2023, Rick was selected as a recipient of the National Board of Trial Advocacy (NBTA) 2023 President’s Award. Although many nominations were submitted from across the country, Rick was just one of eight attorneys chosen by the prestigious National Board which certifies civil trial attorneys across the U.S. Rick was also recently named to Virginia Lawyers Weekly 2024 Virginia’s Go To Lawyers Medical Malpractice. The attorneys awarded this honor are nominated by their colleagues and chosen by a panel from the publication.
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