AIRBAGS FAIL TO DEPLOY IN 2014 MERCEDES BENZ ROLLOVER;

18 YEAR OLD DIES

 

We have been hired by the parents of an 18 year old high school senior who was just days away from graduation. As her father was driving her home from a graduation related ceremony in their 2014 C class Mercedes, and while still dressed in her graduation cap and gown, the car went off the road, struck some trees and rolled over. The daughter, who was sitting in the front passenger seat and was wearing her seatbelt as she should have been, received horrific injuries that resulted in her immediate death. Despite the fact that the car was equipped with a side curtain airbag intended to deploy in a rollover, the bag did not deploy nor did any of the other airbags in the car. We have launched an investigation to find out why and expect to be filing a lawsuit against Mercedes in North Carolina where the accident happened once our investigation is completed. We were hired in this case because of our prior experience suing Mercedes in similar circumstances.  A complete write-up of our work in Kaplan v. Mercedes can be found on this website.