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Litigation

Jul. 30, 2013

Lawyers offer fullest glimpse yet of arguments in Toyota case

In remarks made to prospective jurors last week, lawyers gave hints as to what arguments they might try to present at an upcoming trial, the first unintended acceleration litigation to be heard by a jury in state court.


By Chase Scheinbaum


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - Should Toyota Motor Corp. have installed a widely available and inexpensive brake-override system that would slow its vehicle in the event an accelerator and brake were depressed simultaneously?


Such a safety system might have saved the lives of 66-year-old Upland resident Noriko Uno and others who died as a result of their Toyotas unintentionally speeding into oncoming traffic and ...

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