Litigation
Nov. 2, 2013
Toyota's sudden acceleration defense questioned
Toyota Motor Corp.'s driver error theory for sudden acceleration in its vehicles comes under scrutiny after juries in Los Angeles and Oklahoma City rejected the argument.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Juries in Los Angeles and Oklahoma City came to opposite conclusions this month over whether Toyota Motor Corp. is liable for incidents of sudden, unintended acceleration that led to the deaths of two women in unrelated car crashes. But in both cases, jurors rejected the Japanese automaker's central defense that the drivers of the two vehicles accidentally pressed the wrong pedal.
Observers say t...
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