| Toyota Camry death suit begins |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
Jeffrey Uno, right, and his father, Peter Uno, the son and husband of Noriko Uno, seen in framed photo, who died in an alleged "sudden unintended acceleration" crash in a Toyota Camry in August ...
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| Lawyer to seek $20 million in case against Toyota |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) A lawyer for plaintiffs in a wrongful death lawsuit against Toyota Motor Corp. told a jury on Thursday he will ask for $20 million in damages for the family of a woman who died when her Camry suddenly accelerated and crashed despite her efforts to stop. The case involving the 2009 death of Noriko Uno is the first involving the issue to go to trial in state court. Toyota recalled ...
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| Police seize Rolls-Royce from container |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
A luxury car concealed in a container has been seized, but Dunedin police say it is too early to confirm it belongs to convicted fraudster Michael Swann. Concerns were raised after an attempt was made to remove a container from Port Otago's Dunedin container yard on Wednesday. With the contents unable to be confirmed by the person sent to retrieve the container, it was opened, revealing a ...
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| Opening statements begin in Toyota wrongful-death lawsuit over acceleration |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
LOS ANGELES -- A lawyer suing Toyota over the death of a California woman has told a jury he will ask for $20 million in damages. In his opening statement Thursday, the lawyer for the family of Noriko Uno said Toyota was at fault for her death because the company failed to install a brake override safety system in the 2006 model Camry she was driving. The plaintiffs contend Uno died when her ...
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| Toyota wrongful-death lawsuit begins in Calif. |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
In his opening statement Thursday, the lawyer for the family of Noriko Uno said Toyota was at fault for her death because the company failed to install a brake override safety system in the 2006 model Camry she was ...
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| Cars That Flunk Tougher Crash Safety Tests Have Plenty of Company |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
HMC ) Civic received a rating of "good." That might make some consumers think that the trailing automakers--fully half the cars tested scored "marginal" or "poor"--will have hell to pay. After all, bad safety news about pharmaceuticals or foods can quickly spark consumer flight. But when it comes to disappointing grades on crash safety report cards issued by the ...
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| Stolen cars and parts found in ChCh scrap metal yard |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
More than a dozen stolen cars and two container loads of car parts have been found after a two-day police search of a Christchurch scrap metal yard. Police visited the yard in Rolleston on Wednesday and found three stolen vehicles. Detective Senior Sergeant Corrie Parnell said police had now identified a total of 15 stolen cars after further searches were conducted yesterday. "This is clearly a ...
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| CAW president says he wont seek Unifor union position |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
Fiery union chief Ken Lewenza, president of the Canadian Auto Workers for the past five years, said Thursday he will not run for head of the new Unifor ...
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| Safest small cars to crash in Can you guess |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
This undated handout photo provided by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety shows a side crash of a 2008 Mitsubishi Outlander. (Photo/IIHS) DETROIT - Six of 12 small cars performed well in front-end crash tests conducted by an insurance industry group, but some popular models fared poorly in the safety evaluations. Only the two-door and four-door Honda Civic models earned the top rating of ...
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| First Toyota acceleration lawsuit goes to trial in California |
Aug 8th, 2013 |
California readers no doubt remember the Toyota "sudden unintended acceleration" scandal that dominated the news a few years ago. While the story hasn’t received much media attention lately, that may soon be changing. Late last month, jury selection began on the first Toyota sudden acceleration lawsuit to go to trial. The lawsuit is on behalf of a California woman who was killed ...
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