Litigation
Sep. 6, 2013
Toyota can't blame victim, lawyers say
Family suing over unintended acceleration contend the automaker's attorneys are trying to shift blame for crash.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - A family suing Toyota Motor Corp. in a bellwether unintended acceleration case wants to bar the automaker from arguing that accident victim Noriko Uno is wholly responsible for her fatal car crash, saying Toyota's attorneys alleged earlier that another driver was also to blame.
The automaker said in a March court filing that co-defendant Olga Bello, 90, "was a substantial factor...
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