Toyota Motor Corp. was not responsible for an accident that killed a 66-year-old woman who crashed her 2006 Camry into a tree after it sped out of control on a road and into oncoming traffic, a Los Angeles jury has found.
The jury said Thursday there wasn't a defect in the Camry that contributed to the 2009 crash, rejecting the allegation that the absence of a brake-override system in the vehicle was to blame for it speeding onto the wrong side of the road and crashing as the driver, Noriko Uno, was trying to brake.
The jury instead pinned full liability on the driver of another vehicle that had crashed into Uno's Camry before it sped out of control. Jurors said that driver should pay $10 million in damages to Uno's husband and son.