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Defective Seat Belts and Airbags
 
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Defective Seat Belts and Airbags

Defectively designed or manufactured safety components can dramatically reduce the survivability of a rollover accident or increase the occupants’ injuries.  Seat belts and airbags are key safety features which are designed to protect passengers in the event of a crash.  They are both designed with the same objectives in mind.  Namely, to provide a safe method of slowing the body down in the event of a sudden change in direction or speed.  They are also meant to disperse the kinetic energy from an accident across a broad surface area thereby reducing its destructive effect.

In a rollover, a defectively designed or manufactured seat belt or airbag will allow the occupant’s body to be thrown around violently inside the vehicle or be ejected.  Left unrestrained and un-cushioned, the damage caused by these secondary collisions between the body other solid objects will increase.  Therefore, the failure of a defective seat belt or airbag can be seen as a legal cause of the vehicle occupant’s injuries or death.  As such, the manufacturer of those products, along with other parties in the chain of distribution, can and should be held liable in a court of law. 

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