As reported this week in the Tampa Bay Times, Toyota has agreed to a record-setting $1 billion settlement of some claims, but the vehicle manufacturer has not yet settled pending wrongful death lawsuits based on automobile defects that caused some Toyota vehicles to accelerate out of control, injuring and killing drivers, passengers, and other innocent motorists.
These wrongful death lawsuits were filed against Toyota as products liability claims, beginning with a horrifying wrongful death accident, in which a man and his family died after their Toyota car accelerated uncontrollably to speeds over 120 mph, wrecked into other vehicles, rolled repeatedly, and then burned.? Following that highly-publicized accident, Toyota began a massive product recall, and injury and wrongful death claims began to arise across the nation and here in Florida.? In Del Ray Beach, a pedestrian was reportedly killed by a Toyota car?s sudden acceleration as a driver backed it out of a parking spot.
In a products liability wrongful death lawsuit, the designer or manufacturer of a product can be held liable when a design defect, manufacturing defect, or faulty warnings/instructions for using the product cause personal injury or wrongful death.? The settlement reported this week dealt only with claims of lost vehicle value resulting from the highly-notorious defects and recalls, but class-action wrongful death lawsuits based on Toyota accidents are still set to go to trial in February, 2013.
If you or someone you love has been injured or killed in a Tampa motor vehicle accident, you should seek immediate legal advice from an experienced Tampa personal injury attorney.? The Brooks Law Group has offices in Tampa, Lakeland, and Winter Haven, and we offer highly-competent, knowledgeable Florida personal injury attorneys with a record of success spanning Florida injury and death cases from the simplest to the most complex.
Call us now at 1-888-WE-MEAN-IT (888-936-3264), for a free consultation with an aggressive, seasoned Tampa personal injury attorney who can offer the help you need in handling your Florida personal injury or wrongful death claim.? WE MEAN BUSINESS.
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