Litigation
Oct. 12, 2013
Toyota cleared in bellwether sudden acceleration trial
Jury instead found Olga Bello, a 90-year-old woman who ran a stop sign, broadsided the crash victim and set off the string of incidents that led to her death, liable for $10 million.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - After deliberating for five days, jurors Thursday cleared Toyota Motor Corp. of wrongdoing in a $20 million personal injury lawsuit over the death of Upland resident Noriko Uno, whose 2006 Camry sped out of control and slammed into a tree four years ago. The verdict was split 9-3, but only nine votes are needed to decide a civil trial.
Instead, the panel of five women and seven men unan...
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