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Litigation

Aug. 29, 2013

Toyota trial homes in on crash victim's feet

A forensic pathologist testified Wednesday in the sudden acceleration trial about the awkward placement of a woman's right foot as she tried to slow her speeding car.


By Omar Shamout


Daily Journal Staff Writer


LOS ANGELES - A forensic pathologist testified Wednesday in a bellwether Toyota sudden acceleration trial that crash victim Noriko Uno's right foot was both on the gas pedal and partially caught underneath the brake pedal as she tried to slow the speeding car with her left foot.


Dr. David Posey told a Los Angeles jury that two broken metatarsal bones in Uno's right foot and a fractured tibia ...

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