Seatbelt and Airbag Defects

Seatbelts and airbags are supposed to be safety devices. They are supposed to keep us and our loved ones safe in the event we are involved in a wreck.

That is not always the case.

There are poorly designed seatbelts that come unlatched in wrecks. The automobile manufacturers own tests prove that this can and does happen. There are poorly designed airbags that deploy when you don't want them to or, worse yet, that don't deploy when you need them. Again, these aren't just the claims of trial lawyers; rather, these claims are often proven with the automobile manufacturers' own testing.

At Douthit Frets Rouse Gentile & Rhodes LLC, our attorneys' experience representing major auto manufacturers here in the U.S. and overseas now serves as an invaluable asset to people and families nationwide that have been injured by an unlatching seatbelt, a defective airbag, or other safety failures such as:

• Inadvertent airbag deployment
• Airbags that fail to deploy in a serious accident
• Inertial, inadvertent or accidental unlatching
• Seatbelt "spool-out"
• Receptor failure
• Ascension latch plate failure

Based on our lawyers' experience with the auto industry, we know that the real cause of an unlatching seatbelt or airbag failure is often not just bad luck or consumers doing something incorrectly — it's that some automobile manufacturers almost always choose to get by as cheaply as possible when it comes to safety. And that's not right. Safety should never be an option or an afterthought.

With access to top automotive safety engineers and product design experts, the latest technology resources, and a large, highly trained staff of professionals to assist us, our firm is well-positioned to provide you with the type of representation needed to obtain results in these cases.

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Injured by an unlatching seatbelt or defective airbag? Call our Kansas City, Missouri, law offices at 816.941.7600 or complete the brief e-mail form located on the contact page of this Web site.

All personal injury cases are handled on a contingent fee basis. We do not receive any attorneys' fees unless we are able to obtain compensation for our client.