Last month Judge Swigert, of Florida, overturned a jury verdict in Ford’s favor. The judge decided that that Ford had systematically concealed more than 30 years of data related to the problem of electromagnetic interference (EMI) and unintended acceleration (UA). The Judge’s 51-page decision lists Ford’s bad acts which include:
Does the recent NASA report spell trouble for the plaintiffs’ attorneys in the Toyota Unintended Acceleration Litigation?
No. Electronic malfunction was not the sole theory relied upon by victims of unintended acceleration. The strategy in most product defect litigation is (1) identify an aspect of the products design that caused the injury; and (2) show
What, exactly, does the the widely publicized NASA report say about whether 
Toyota’s unintended acceleration problems are caused by faulty electronics? According to DOT Secretary Ray LaHood, the NASA report concludes that there is "no electronic-based cause for unintended high-speed acceleration."
But the consumer group Safety Research & Strategies, Inc. does not believe the
Unintended or sudden acceleration problems have been around for years. From the beginning, car manufacturers have always wanted to blame the driver. As long ago as the late 1980"s, manufacturers reported that "Startled and confused drivers hit the wrong pedal.”
It’s no real surprise, then, that Toyota blames “driver error” for the recent
