Allstate takes Toyota to court for sudden acceleration claims
Posted: October 11, 2010
Consumer Fraud
Allstate Insurance Company has filed a lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp. for $3 million in an effort to recover the claims it paid to Toyota and Lexus drivers involved in sudden acceleration incidents. Allstate alleges it paid 270 sudden acceleration-related
150 Toyota drivers continue to report sudden acceleration every week
Posted: October 5, 2010
Consumer Fraud
Toyota says it receives about 150 reports of sudden unintended acceleration every week, with most of the complaints coming through the the company’s customer-service hotline. The good news is that six months ago, the car manufacturer was receiving more than
Toyota Camry tops list of 2010 cars taking the longest time to sell
Posted: September 28, 2010
Consumer Fraud
An automotive research company has just released its list of the 2010 and 2011 models that spend the most and least time on the dealership lot waiting to be sold. Topping the list of 2010 cars spending the most time
Toyota quietly settles Saylor case, abandons co-defendant dealership
Posted: September 23, 2010
Personal Injury
Toyota Motor Corp. has reached a settlement with the families of Mark Saylor and his wife and brother-in-law over the high-profile crash near San Diego last year that killed all the occupants of a rented Lexus ES 350, including the
Minnesota man freed from prison in Camry sudden acceleration case
Posted: August 6, 2010
Consumer Fraud
A Minnesota judge has freed Loua Fong Lee, a Southeast Asian immigrant and father of four who was convicted in 2007 of criminal vehicular homicide after his 1996 Toyota Camry sped out of control and crashed into another vehicle, killing
Imprisoned man close to new hearing for fatal sudden acceleration crash
Posted: July 9, 2010
Consumer Fraud
A new hearing is scheduled for August 2 to determine whether Koua Fong Lee will receive a new trial. Lee, a 32-year-old Hmong immigrant and Minnesota resident, was thrown in prison after his 1996 Toyota Camry crashed in 2006 killing
Deaths linked to sudden acceleration climb to 89
Posted: June 16, 2010
Consumer Fraud
Federal transportation officials now say that 89 deaths have been linked to sudden unintended acceleration in Toyota vehicles since 2000, up from 52 reported by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration in March.
Toyota sudden acceleration defect may exonerate imprisoned man
Posted: April 27, 2010
Consumer Fraud
If ever there were a case for the “never should have happened” file, it would be the story of Koua Fong Lee, who immigrated to the United States from his Hmong tribe in Southeast Asia shortly before he lost of
Lexus GX460 flunks Consumer Reports safety test, Toyota suspends sales
Posted: April 14, 2010
Consumer Fraud
After finding serious flaws in the electronic stability controls (ESC) and performance of the 2010 Lexus GX 460 SUV, Consumer Reports is “urging consumers not to buy” the vehicle until parent company Toyota finds a fix. In response, Toyota has
AP investigation finds Toyota uses dishonest legal defense tactics
Posted: April 12, 2010
Consumer Fraud
An Associated Press investigation has uncovered numerous examples that Toyota has relied on highly evasive, deceptive, and unethical legal tactics when defending itself against a spectrum of claims in court. The AP investigation involved an examination of lawsuits filed against
