A Texas female has taken legal action against American Honda Motor Co Inc. and the United States subsidiary of air bag maker Takata Corporation for a minimum of $1 million.
She informed that she was severely hurt in a low-speed car mishap since the propellant in the air bag blew up.
Takata’s air bag inflators, which include ammonium nitrate, have actually been connected to a minimum of 16 deaths, generally in the United States, and over 150 injuries, and led to the biggest automobile recall in history.
The lawsuit, submitted late on Monday in state district court in Houston, declares Takata has understood for over 20 years that ammonium nitrate is precariously unsteady however continued utilizing it as a propellant due to its low cost.
The complainant, Serena Martinez, stated the ammonium nitrate in the air bag in her Honda detonated in the crash, triggering the bag’s inflator to break down and spraying her with shrapnel. She got struck in her chest and arms by the flying debris, the suit stated.
Authorities from Takata were not right away available for remark.
“Honda has actually not yet been served with a lawsuit connected with Ms. Martinez, and, doing not have official verification of specific facts, we are not able to use any in-depth remark at this time,” American Honda Motor Co stated in a declaration.
Car manufacturers around the world are ramping up the market’s biggest-ever recall after Takata, under pressure from U.S. authorities, concurred previously this year to declare more of its air bags as malfunctioning in the United States and other nations.
