Takata settles airbag lawsuit

Airbag maker Takata on Friday settled a lawsuit related to the injury and eventual death of a woman whose car crashed in 2014.

The settlement came moments before Takata CEO Shigehisa Takata likely would have testified. Takata reportedly is keeping its top officer out of the spotlight.

The Patricia Mincey case was one of the earliest lawsuits stemming from the Takata airbag scandal. Mincey lived as a quadriplegic for two years after the 2014 accident, breathing with the aid of a ventilator until she died at the age of 77.

Terms of the settlement were not disclosed.

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