What Toyota Knew – and When

The following is a guest blog post by The Hayes Firm:

Problems continue to mount for the once trusted Toyota Corporation. Since the Toyota recalls began last year, millions of vehicles have been recalled because of unintended acceleration problems and braking problems.

Toyota has been apologetic and asked for customers’ continued loyalty, but can this company be trusted?

According to some members of Congress and past litigants who have settled their Toyota product liability claims, the answer is simple. No, Toyota cannot be trusted.

It seems that unintended acceleration and braking problems were not quite the breaking news to Toyota executives that it was to the rest of the world. It is alleged that Toyota has been withholding thousands of damaging documents that it was required to turn over to plaintiffs’ attorneys in already settled and litigated cases. The documents allegedly contain information that prove that Toyota knew about the problems and did not take appropriate actions to fix them.

Toyota may be subject to criminal penalties for wrongfully withholding evidence and may be required to provide additional compensation to victims.

What Next for Toyota Victims?

According to some reports,  the insurance company State Farm has already warned Toyota of several complaints regarding unwanted acceleration since the year 2007. Given Toyota’s suspected secrecy, it is important that Toyota victims hire product liability attorneys who are aggressive and skilled in fighting large corporations such as Toyota.  It is important that you carefully consider who you hire to represent you. The outcome of your case and your future depend on it.