A group of plaintiffs has filed a GM airbag lawsuit against General Motors claiming that airbags failed to deploy in an accident in which they were involved.

Plaintiffs Robin S. and Ian W. say they were in an automobile accident on Sept. 28, 2015 according to this GM airbag lawsuit.

Robin was driving a 2006 Saturn Ion and Ian was a passenger. They were involved in a significant auto accident, according to this GM airbag lawsuit, and both Robin and Ian were hurt.

They claim that they sustained significant and long-lasting injuries that continue to this day. Their injuries include broken bones, a shattered pelvis, a busted knee, cuts requiring stitches, compound fractures of the left arm, a shattered left wrist and nerve damage.

This GM airbag lawsuit also claims that “this case also involves serious and permanent personal injuries that were suffered by the plaintiff as the result of an egregious and unprecedented failure to disclose and actively conceal a known defect in GM vehicles.”

Other plaintiffs have joined Robin and Ian in similar but separate crashes. This GM airbag lawsuit explains how plaintiff Christopher B. was in an accident on Oct. 21, 2014. He was driving a 2008 Chevrolet Impala. The airbags in his vehicle did not deploy when he was in his auto accident, according to this GM airbag lawsuit.

Many other accidents are listed in this GM airbag lawsuit, including that of Gail M. who was driving a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt in 2015 when the airbags failed to deploy when needed, and that of Anthony P. who was also driving a Chevrolet Cobalt in 2015. He was in an accident and the airbags did not deploy.

All plaintiffs in this GM airbag lawsuit claim that they have suffered permanent and personal injuries because their GM airbags were defective. They collectively believe that General Motors knew that the vehicles were defective but failed to “adequately disclose the defect or warn users of its existence.”

Rather, the GM airbag lawsuit states, GM “negligently, intentionally, purposely, fraudulently, and systematically concealed the defect from Plaintiffs, the federal government and the public at large.”

The plaintiffs believe that GM should never hold their profits as more important than the safety of their customers, but they did exactly that when they failed to notify the public of the potential problems with their cars.

There have been several recalls involving GM cars recently, including issues with the ignition switch and power steering as well as with airbag deployment. Critics conclude that GM knew about dangerous issues but delayed in informing their customers.

According to this GM airbag lawsuit, GM has acknowledged that the ignition switch defect alone led to thirteen deaths. However, “independent safety regulators have recorded 303 deaths associated with only the Saturn Ion and Chevrolet Cobalt Defective Vehicle models due to the Ignition Switch Defect,” according to this GM airbag lawsuit.

This GM Airbag Lawsuit is Case No. 1:17-cv-06237-JMF in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York.