Toyota Unintended Acceleration Marketing, Sales Practices, and Product Liability Litigation

In 2009, Bailey Glasser filed one of the first wrongful death actions alleging sudden-acceleration defects in a Toyota Camry.

Ultimately, our lawyers were appointed to key MDL leadership roles in what came to be, at the time, one of the largest products liability cases ever filed. Ben Bailey served on the plaintiffs’ lead counsel committee pursuing economic-loss damages; Eric Snyder serves in the same capacity on the committee pursuing personal injury claims. The firm played a leading role in developing expert testimony on the sudden acceleration defect in 2002-2010 Toyota vehicles.

The economic-loss claims settled for $1.6 billion. Hundreds of personal injury claims have also been settled; dozens remain pending.