3rd Degree Burns From Airbag. Legal/medical Adivce?!?
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airbags deploy at a minimum of 65-70 mph so as horrible as this sounds-your sister is very lucky to still be alive-i've heard stories about and seen first hand (i work in trauma icu) what these things can do to a person.
suing the company might get her something but it would be very little if anything. unless there was a mechanical defect that caused the airbag to not deploy as it should-a lawsuit wouldn't go very far.
i'm sorry for the pain and suffering your sister is having to go through-burns are hard to treat and it takes alot of time.
the airbag ultimately did save her life more than likely so she can be thankful for that!!
Airbag burns are very very common and almost impossible to avoid. The chemical released during inflation is necessary to protect the driver. I am a paramedic, and out of all the car accidents that I have witnessed, the airbags sometimes cause more damage than the wreck itself. Airbags are required in vehicles made in the last 10 or so years, so a lawsuit would be completely pointless. I have never heard of a succesful one yet. Sorry about your sisters injuries, just feel lucky that she is alive! Good Luck!
just be thankful shes still alive.a few little burns is better than death.
You're probaly in America, so sue sue sue.
At least they'll give you settlement.
you can sue the car company and or the company that makes the bag... either way there is no way possible that the bag should have caused burns!
if proof of evidence concludes that the burns were in fact from the air bag then do sue!
just remember for some reson, girls seem to sit so close to the steering wheel that you have no room for safety!
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