Toyota Lawsuit

A former Toyota lawyer is accusing the carmaker of illegally withholding evidence in hundreds of rollover death and injury cases, in a “ruthless conspiracy” to hide evidence of “its vehicles’ structural shortcomings.”

Toyota calls the accusations “inaccurate” and accuses the attorney of violating “his ethical and professional obligations.”

As to the latter charge, let’s assume the lawyer violated the lawyer-client privilege. Okay, he should be disbarred if that is true. Still, forget about blaming the messenger. What did Toyota do?

Having said that, I will say this: Toyota does make a really good car.