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Litigation

Sep. 12, 2013

Neurologist says Toyota car crash victim was ill, confused

The carmaker launched an attack on Noriko Uno's mental state at the time of the fatal crash, part of its argument that she is to blame for the unintended acceleration.


By Omar Shamout


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A neurologist hired by Toyota Motor Corp. told jurors Tuesday that an Upland woman whose death is at the center of a $20 million sudden acceleration lawsuit against the automaker "wasn't thinking very clearly" before she smashed her 2006 Camry into a tree over four years ago.


"The impression I was left with is that her thinking was impaired, that she was confused, or t...

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