One thing that has absolutely not changed in this short time is the urge to take multinationals to court in the hopeto find justice to keep a hefty pot of money on.

This week a Texan state jury proves that the system is still lying at its hole. A family from Dallas, who lost two children in September 2016 in a tragic accident, received $ 242 million in damages from Toyota after the jury gave the family a benefit. Of these, more than half, $ 143.6 million, is intended to punish the car manufacturer.

In the accident, two years ago, the family lost their three-year-old son and their five-year-old daughter, after the Lexus ES 300 in which she had been hit from behind. Although the children were in safe high chairs, the blow to the front seats eventually resulted in fatal injuries. The jury ruled as follows: ” [the seats were] unreasonably dangerous and defended against the dangers. ”

The lawyer of the family added the chairs to the chairs: ” The automaker made a conscious decision to protect front-seat occupants from crash injuries like whiplash at the expense of rear seat passengers. ”

Such a loss is of course not easy to cash. This is why Toyota has not stated its next step. Chances are that Toyota, the parent company of Lexus, will soon appeal.

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This can NEVER happen in Nigeria. Kudos to the jury.