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Automakers Should Pay for Air Bag On-Off Switches, According to Attorney Kenneth Ingram, Jr.

18 November 1997

Automakers Should Pay for Air Bag On-Off Switches, According to Attorney Kenneth Ingram, Jr.

    ARLINGTON, Va., Nov. 18 -- "Consumers should not have to pay
twice for automakers' air bag mistakes," according to Kenneth Ingram, Jr., an
Alabama attorney who, in conjunction with a number of other attorneys, has
filed a national class action suit to force automakers to pay for on/off
switches on air bags.
    "So far manufacturers who are developing on/off switches intend to have
car owners pay for on/off switches.  Consumers bought and paid for these cars
with every expectation they would be safe for their children.  Asking them to
pay a second time to make their air bags safe adds insult to injury.
Manufacturers who use inferior air bag systems and sensors should have to
shoulder the expense for their own mistakes," Ingram said.  The class action
suit was filed April 25, 1997.
    Ingram commended Parents for Safer Air Bags, a group of parents of
children who have been killed by air bags, for the steps they are taking to
press for better air bags.  "Rather than fighting against this life-saving
technology, they are pointing their finger exactly where it should be pointed.
At the automakers who install inferior air bag systems and cheap sensors,"
Ingram said.

SOURCE  Ralph Hoar & Associates