Special Counsel Named To Investigate If Toyota Hid Evidence In Texas Rollover Case

A Texas judge has named a special counsel to investigate whether Toyota Motor Corp. intentionally hid evidence during a 2006 lawsuit involving a woman paralyzed when her Camry rolled over.

Johnson County District Court Judge John E. Neill appointed J. Gregory Coontz to the job, giving him power to probe whether Toyota violated a court order in the case, which was settled in 2007 for $1.5 million.

The judge took the unusual step after reviewing internal documents provided by a former Toyota lawyer who managed rollover litigation for the company and subsequently claimed that the automaker intentionally held back safety data in lawsuits.



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uaw_lax - 2/7/2011 1:33:17 PM

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what dose this picture have to do with it?

Agent009 - 2/7/2011 3:45:04 PM

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It is the roll over victim actually.

ParrisBoyd - 2/7/2011 3:28:46 PM

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Hooray for the L.A. Times keeping the public so well informed. Would Toyota illegally withold evidence? The results of an Associated Press investigation are downright shocking: http://www.denverpost.com/frontpage/ci_14865683

veyron1001 - 2/8/2011 7:49:48 AM

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They see me rolling, they hating.