"The AP reviewof lawsuits around the country found many in which Toyota was accusedof refusing to reveal EDR and other data, and not just in suddenacceleration cases.
In Kentucky, to cite one example, a recentlawsuit filed by Dari Martin over a wreck involving a 2007 Prius soughtinformation from Toyota to bolster his claim that the car's seatbeltwas defective. Toyota refused, contending there was no reliable way tovalidate the EDR data and that an engineer would have to travel fromNew Jersey or California at a cost of some $5,000 to retrieve it.
"There is simply no justifiable reason for Toyota not to disclose this information," Martin's lawyers said in a court filing."
In Kentucky, to cite one example, a recentlawsuit filed by Dari Martin over a wreck involving a 2007 Prius soughtinformation from Toyota to bolster his claim that the car's seatbeltwas defective. Toyota refused, contending there was no reliable way tovalidate the EDR data and that an engineer would have to travel fromNew Jersey or California at a cost of some $5,000 to retrieve it.
"There is simply no justifiable reason for Toyota not to disclose this information," Martin's lawyers said in a court filing."