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VIDEO: Toyota Camry Is Focus In State Litigation Case Over Sudden Unintended Acceleration
- A 2006 Toyota Camry will be the focus in the first bellwether case against Toyota in consolidated state litigation in California over complaints about sudden unintended acceleration.
- A California judge on Thursday tentatively picked a case brought by Peter Uno, who alleges that his wife Noriko died after her 2006 Camry accelerated up to 100 miles per hour, forcing her to crash into a telephone pole.
- Toyota told Inside Line on Friday that “we are pleased the initial bellwether will address plaintiffs’ central allegation of an unnamed, unproven defect in Toyota vehicles.”
LOS ANGELES — A 2006 Toyota Camry will be the focus of the first bellwether case against Toyota in consolidated state litigation in California over complaints about sudden unintended acceleration.
A California judge on Thursday tentatively picked a case brought by Peter Uno, who alleges that his wife Noriko died after her 2006 Camry accelerated up to 100 miles per hour, forcing her to crash into a telephone pole in Upland, California.
The case was selected by Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Anthony Mohr, who is charged with overseeing more than 100 state court cases that have been consolidated into a single proceeding.
“While we sympathize with anyone in an accident involving one of our vehicles, we are pleased the initial bellwether will address plaintiffs’ central allegation of an unnamed, unproven defect in Toyota vehicles,” wrote Celeste Migliore, a Toyota spokeswoman in response to an e-mailed query by Inside Line on Friday. “We remain confident that scientifically reliable and admissible evidence will demonstrate that no defect exists in our electronic throttle control systems.”
Migliore noted that every case in the consolidated state litigation rests on this “pivotal” technical issue.
The Uno trial may start as early as September 17, 2012, bumping it ahead of the February 19, 2013 trial date set in federal multidistrict litigation before U.S. District Judge James V. Selna in Santa Ana, California.
Toyota recalled millions of vehicles in the U.S. starting in 2009 following claims of defects and incidents of sudden unintended acceleration. The automaker was hit with record federal fines for dragging its feet on the recalls and was the center of a congressional investigation.
The National Academy of Sciences’ National Research Council released a report on January 18 that said after months of research the NRC commissioned from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, accidents that caused the unintended acceleration scare of 2009-’10 can’t be traced to any problems with engines’ electronic throttle control systems, the so-called “drive-by-wire” technology some attempted to cite as the cause of unintended-acceleration accidents.
The report also said that the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration needed to improve its expertise in electronic control systems to provide safety oversight of today’s high-tech cars.
“NHTSA will continue to evaluate and improve every aspect of its work to keep the driving public safe, including research to assess potential safety concerns and help ensure the reliability of electronic control systems in vehicles,” said NHTSA in a statement. “The agency will also further refine its strategic plan to address any potential technical and policy issues.”
Inside Line says: Toyota’s day in court — one of them, at least — gets firmed up.
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VIDEO: Toyota Camry Is Focus In State Litigation Case Over Sudden Unintended Acceleration
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