Teenager's Family Files Wrongful Dealth Lawsuit Against Toyota Over Defective Side Airbags
The family of a 19 year old man has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Toyota claiming their son's side impact airbags failed during a collision. The car accident occurred when the driver of a Ford truck ran a stop sign while drunk and crashed into the Toyota Prius that the 19 year old man was driving. The collision resulted in the the young man's car falling into a ditch.
The wrongful death lawsuit against Toyota asserts that the side airbags were defective because they did not inflate upon impact. Three hours after the car accident, the young man, Mr. Tovar, died.
Toyota had issued a voluntary recall on some of its cars telling consumers that the airbags might not deploy. According to reports, the 2005 Toyota Prius that Tovar was driving was not on the recall list of cars with possibly defective airbags, side or otherwise.
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