Lawsuits Filed in Canada over Takata Airbag Recall
The international scope of the Takata airbag disaster has widened as Canada has been added to the countries where the company now faces litigation. Three plaintiffs in Windsor, Ontario have become the latest to file suit against the embattled Japanese airbag manufacturer for producing defective airbags that cause injury. The combined damages sought for vehicle […]
Honda Adds Over 100,000 Cars and Additional Model to Airbag Recall
The New York Times reported that the saga of Honda Motor’s national recall continued as it expanded to more than 104,000 cars across the country. Honda now estimates that as many as 14.3 million Honda and Acura vehicles globally are subject to recall because of the now infamous Takata airbags. As this blog has noted extensively, the defective […]
Honda Has Lowered Sales Goals in Wake of Takata Airbag Recall
As we’ve been discussing on our blog lately, the Takata airbag saga has been dragging on for years, resulting in around 25 million vehicles being recalled worldwide since 2008 due to defective inflators that cause the devices to spray shrapnel at occupants during a wreck. In the wake of the recall, Honda, one of several automakers involved […]
Curt Miner Named Lead Counsel for Personal Injury Track in Takata Airbag Products Liability Litigation
Colson Hicks Eidson is proud to announce that firm partner Curt Miner has been appointed Lead Counsel for Personal Injury Track in the Takata Airbag Products Liability Litigation. If you have been following our blog, you know that we have been covering the Takata airbag saga for quite some time. For those of you who are new to […]
How Much Was Honda Fined for Not Reporting Takata Airbag Deaths?
As the Takata airbag saga continues to play out, more and more information is coming to light about what automakers and Takata knew about the defective airbags and their connection to fatal auto accidents. Honda, which is one of the automakers involved in the Takata airbag recall as well as Takata’s biggest customer, recently was hit with a $70 […]
Was an Airbag Injury Lawsuit Filed Against Takata and Honda?
The Takata airbag recall has been dominating headlines since last year due to the amount of automakers involved, the grizzly nature of the defect in question and the deaths and injuries suffered by victims. In early January, a product liability lawsuit was filed in South Carolina, which alleged that a woman sustained severe, life-altering injuries […]
Another Death Linked to Honda, Takata Airbags
If you have been following our blog lately, you know we have been covering the latest revelations in the ongoing Takata airbag recall saga, which has just taken another turn, according to The Detroit News. According to the news outlet, Honda has confirmed that a defective Takata airbag was linked to a fatal car accident in mid-January. […]
Why Haven’t All the Takata Airbags Been Fixed Yet?
After it was revealed that the inflators in its airbags could over-pressurize and rupture during an auto accident, spraying shrapnel at the vehicle’s occupants, Takata Corp. issued a recall of the defective auto components. To date, 11 carmakers have issued Takata airbag recalls for almost 20 million vehicles. Despite the flood of recalls, a recent piece in The […]
Did BMW Expand Its Takata Airbag Recall?
In late December, BMW expanded on a previously issued recall in the United States for any BMW 3 Series vehicles produced from January 2004 to August 2006, which contain Takata airbags. According to The New York Times, BMW’s updated Takata airbag recall includes approximately 140,000 vehicles and covers the entire country. The initial recall issued by BMW only […]
Did Chrysler Add More Cars to the Takata Airbag Recall?
So far, as a result of a Takata airbag defect, at least five people have died, dozens of people have been injured and 11 automakers have had to recall almost 20 million vehicles, according to a report in The New York Times. Recently, Chrysler was forced to recall an additional 3.3 million vehicles due to the […]