Toyota Motor Corporation has decided to enter into intensive settlement negotiations with those plaintiffs who have filed suit against them alleging defects which caused their vehicles to accelerate suddenly and crash resulting in serious injuries and/or deaths.

Toyota, the world’s largest automaker, has been fighting these claims since 2009. They have already spent approximately two billion dollars in legal costs suffering some of the worst damage to its public reputation in automotive history. Toyota’s change of heart occurred after they lost their first sudden crash acceleration case which engine software occurred in Oklahoma. That jury determined that the defective electronic on the Camry caused an accident which killed one woman and seriously injured another. The jury assessed a three million dollar verdict against Toyota. The day after Toyota opened talks to resolve hundreds of sudden crash acceleration cases, which had been coordinated in Orange County Superior Court in California they settled a separate lawsuit which was filed in West Virginia. In that case, 2010 Camry accelerated and crashed into a trailer injuring the driver’s neck and back.

The next case scheduled to begin trial is in Michigan. That case involves a 77 year old woman whose 2005 Camry crashed into a tree killing her.

The issue of software malfunction causing these sudden crash acceleration cases has been suspected, and alleged for years by many automotive design products liability attorneys. Its only recently, that Toyota, after years of denying any such defects exist, has finally conceded that these types of defects are real.

If you, or a loved, have been involved in any claim and have been seriously or catastrophically injured as a result of an automotive defect call, Gary Sernaker, he is an attorney who has been handling such claims for over 30 years. He is available to review your case with you and represent you in order to obtain appropriate compensation for the harm inflicted as a result of the automotive defect involved.

If you have any questions pertaining to an automotive defect, please contact Gary Sernaker at (858) 509-0188 or email at gsernaker@gmail.com