David Wilson, biggest OC-based auto dealer with seven Toyota dealerships, welcomes NASA’s finding that there is no electronic flaw that would cause sudden acceleration in Toyotas. He says it’s a boost for a brand that has been rebounding from last year’s barrage of allegations. Not that he expects the lawsuits to go away entirely:

“Don’t trial lawyers think that they’re smarter than rocket scientists?”

But Wilson echoes others who speculate the government report will take steam out of big class action suits being litigated in Santa Ana before U.S. District Judge James Selma; OC’s Mark Robinson is leading the personal injury litigation with Wylie Aitken working on the economic impact of Toyota’s recalls.

“Wylie Aitken said in your column (last June) the cases could be a tsunami or a puddle,” Wilson says. “I’m giving a hundred to one against the tsunami and taking even money on the puddle.” “I’ll bet on the tsunami and let Wilson have the puddle,” replies Aitken, who says the NASA report “is seriously flawed, and we’ll have a chance to prove it.”

Maybe we will find out who’s smarter …

Courtesy of ocbj.com