Toyota Motor Company has been accused of hiding and withholding evidence in rollover injury cases by a former lawyer of theirs.  Toyota, as one may expect, has vigorously denied the allegations.  The full story can be read at CBS here.

Many years ago I listened to a quotation out of a movie that seems to sum this entire debacle up.  As the narrator in the movie Fight Club so eloquently states:

“A new car built by my company leaves somewhere traveling at 60 mph.  The rear differential locks up.  The car crashes and burns with everyone trapped inside.  Now, should we initiate a recall?  Take the number of vehicles in the field, A, multiply by the probable rate of failure, B, multiply by the average out-of-court settlement, C.  A times B times C equals X.  If X is less than the cost of a recall, we don’t do one.”