Litigation
Jun. 18, 2010
Toyota Plaintiffs Face Tough Road
Plaintiffs in auto crash cases have faced a long history of stumbling blocks in proving electrical magnetic interference caused sudden unintended acceleration in their vehicles.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Ralph Stimson claims he never touched the accelerator when his Ford Aerostar shot out of his driveway and slammed into a telephone pole.
The accident in 2003 left his wife Peggy confined to a wheelchair, paralyzed from the waist down. But in a lawsuit against Ford that went to trial in Tampa this February, the auto maker argued it was driver error: Stimson must have acci...
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