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New Mexico Sues Takata, Carmakers Over Flawed Airbag Inflators
New Mexico has sued Takata Corp. for misleading the public about the safety of its airbag inflators.
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New Mexico has sued Takata Corp. for misleading the public about the safety of its airbag inflators. The lawsuit also names 15 carmakers that installed the Takata devices in their vehicles.
The complaint seeks civil penalties of $5,000 for each defective device that entered the state, plus $500 for each day Takata and the carmakers concealed the extent of the problem.
Hawaii and the Virgin Islands made similar charges against Takata in lawsuits last spring. Observers predict a wave of new state and U.S. territory complaints following Takata’s $1 billion settlement of criminal charges that the company conspired to hide defects that make its inflators prone to explode when triggered in a crash.
Takata inflators have been blamed for 11 fatalities in the U.S. and six more overseas.
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