Personal Injury Law

21 Year Old Killed Due to Toyota Safety Problems

By Jamie G. Goldstein

A 21 year old woman was killed in a collision in 2007, and her mother believes it was a result of failed brakes. Prior to the collision, the woman who owned a Toyota Yaris had taken the car into the dealership complaining of problems with the brakes. She was turned away and told nothing was wrong. So she did what so many other people did, she continued to drive her vehicle thinking it was safe. While her concerns were warranted, she did not receive repaired brakes, instead four days later her brakes failed costing her her life.

The death of this woman was avoidable. If Toyota had been more concerned about safety than turning as big a profit as possible, maybe it would have stopped to realize many of its cars were ticking time bombs. Even after the complaints began to pile up at Toyota, the manufacturer continued to ignore problems, which continued to cause injuries and death. Even to this day, Toyota is being less than forthright regarding its vehicles safety issues.

The public has a right to know that the vehicles they are driving are safe and meet safety guidelines that are in place, which often times are not as stringent as they should be. Toyota had many warnings about the safety of its vehicles, but chose to ignore them and choose profits. Now Toyota will have to pay for its failure to address these safety issues earlier, but for many people including this 21 year old woman, any recall or adjustment to the vehicles has come too late.

Full post as published by Chicago Personal Injury Lawyer on February 26, 2010 (boomark / email).