Toyota agrees to reveal computer code in sudden-acceleration cases; separately, Toyota wins a case
- These two developments underscore the complicated and contentious nature of the ongoing litigation over sudden acceleration in Toyota vehicles.
Ken Bensinger april 1st 2011, The Los Angeles times
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summary Toyota have reached an agreement with opposing attorneys for a class-action lawsuit against Toyota to allow examine the software that runs Toyota's vehicle onboard computer system. Mark Robinson, one of the lead class action lawsuit attorneys said that his team would hire as many as 12 software and electronic experts to review the code that controls the electronic throttle on Toyota vehicles and other possible design flaws that could cause sudden acceleration.