Is Toyota likely to blame a motorist for an accident involving recalled Toyota vehicles?
That is a very pertinent question. Toyota’s legal defense team is likely to use motorist error theories to defend the company. Toyota’s biggest defense will be that motorist errors and negligence contributed to these accidents, and not any defects in the vehicles. However, Toyota has been fined a penalty of $16 .4 million by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, for its failure to reveal dangerous defects in its vehicles. This is likely to strengthen Toyota lawsuits against the company.
