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  1. Join Date
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    #1
    Money talks...

    http://edition.cnn.com/2010/US/09/17...ex.html?hpt=T2

    (CNN) -- Toyota has reached a settlement with two families over product liability claims following a crash that killed four family members, a spokesman for the automaker said.

    California Highway Patrolman Mark Saylor; his wife, Cleofe Lastrella; a 13-year-old daughter, Mahala; and Saylor's brother-in-law, Chris Lastrella, were killed when a Lexus sedan they were in accelerated uncontrollably on a freeway near San Diego last year and crashed over an embankment.

    Lexus is a division of Toyota.

    "Toyota and the Saylor and Lastrella families reached an amicable agreement in mediation that fully resolves their product liability claims against Toyota and a Lexus dealership," Brian R. Lyons said. "Through mutual respect and cooperation, we were able to resolve this matter without the need for litigation."

    Lyons said the company and two families "wish to keep the amount of the settlement confidential."

    Saylor family attorney John Gomez told CNN affiliate KGTV in San Diego that as part of the settlement, Toyota did not admit liability.

    An investigation revealed the accelerator pedal in the car probably became trapped on an all-weather floor mat that had been incorrectly installed in the vehicle.

    Toyota issued a recall to address possible floor mat entrapment.

    A 911 recording obtained by KGTV reveals a desperate call from inside the car as it approached the end of the freeway.

    "We're in trouble. We can't ... there's no brakes," Chris Lastrella said. "End freeway half mile."

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    I didn't know fellow Filipinos were involved in the infamous runaway Lexus...

    http://www.gmanews.tv/story/209140/f...-for-car-crash



    THE VICTIMS. Mark Wesley Saylor (from left), 45, a California Highway Patrol Officer, and his daughter, Mahala Manda Saylor, 12, his wife, Cleofe L. Saylor, 45, a native of Nabua, Camarines Sur in the Philippines, and his brother-in-law, Christopher N. Lastrella, 38, are seen in this composite file photo provided by the Saylor family to newsmen after they all died in a ball of fire when their Toyota Lexus “accelerated on its own" last August on a freeway in San Diego, California. Courtesy of Joseph Lariosa.

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    Yeah better just pay up than have the issue escalate even further...

    The whole auto industry in the US actually made a gain, except for one. TOYOTA who lost market share and sales dropped 6% compared to a year ago... So talagang apektado sila sobra sa mga recall issues nila...

    And also for 3 years Toyota became the #1 best selling brand after GM had its trouble, but they could only stay for 3 years due to this recall issue and Ford took the #1 spot from Toyota this year thanks to the resurgence of domestics...

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    Everything said and done Toyota managed to survive it. The problem (on unsafe vehicles from Toyota) remains. But Toyota does not have a monopoly of this problem.

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    RIP to the family.

    Pag may pera nga naman ...

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    Quote Originally Posted by OldSchoolHack View Post
    Everything said and done Toyota managed to survive it. The problem (on unsafe vehicles from Toyota) remains. But Toyota does not have a monopoly of this problem.
    http://monteroaccident.blogspot.com/




Toyota reaches settlement with families after fatal crash