Toyota acceleration claim News

Jury Finds Toyota Liable in Unintended Acceleration Death Claim

Toyota Motor Corp. has been found liable in an unintended acceleration lawsuit in the U.S., one of the first such cases to go to trial since the Japanese carmaker began recalling millions of vehicles in 2009 over acceleration issues. A …

California Jury Gives Toyota Win in First Acceleration Case

A jury in California on Thursday found Toyota Motor Corp. not liable in one of the first wrongful death lawsuits to go to trial in the United States over alleged defects that caused some vehicles to unexpectedly accelerate. The closely …

Toyota Claims Plaintiffs Fabricated Fatal Acceleration Theory

Toyota Motor Corp. said plaintiffs’ lawyers seeking to blame a fatal accident on unintended acceleration made up a theory of how a 66-year-old woman’s foot got stuck between the gas and brake pedal of a 2006 Camry. Toyota’s lawyer, Vince …