Toyota Loses First Unintended Acceleration Case, Pays $3 Million to Victims


An Oklahoma judge found Toyota liable for a 2007 unintended acceleration accident involving a 2005 Toyota Camry, which resulted in the death of the passenger and an injured driver.

The decision represents the first court loss for the Japanese carmaker in an unintended acceleration case. Toyota will pay $1.5 million compensation to Jean Bookout, the driver injured in the crash, and $1.5 million to the family of Barbara Schwartz, the passenger who died. The verdict comes shortly after Toyota won a bellwether case in California.

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