Reference no: EM132279635

Scenario:

John Smith had a car accident on Interstate Highway 64. He claimed his 2009 Toyota Corolla accelerated when he tried to brake. The car accelerated to speeds of over 100 mph. John lost control of his car and crashed. As a result of the accident, John's wife was killed in the crash and he was hospitalized for several months with severe injuries. John had a car loan with the Toyota dealership. During the time that John was hospitalized, he didn't pay his loan. When he recovered and went back to work, he still did not pay the loan. He felt he was no longer responsible for paying this debt because he felt the company was at fault.

In your initial post, please discuss the following points:

Was John legally justified in his decision to stop paying the loan to Toyota? Explain.

In your research about Toyota and the acceleration issue, did Toyota management acknowledge there was a problem?

If the factory workers (assigned to a testing department) were aware of an acceleration issue, did they (the workers) have an ethical and social responsibility to disclose that information to the public before the product went to market? Explain and defend your position.

Additionally, if these factory workers were aware of an acceleration issue, do you think they should be held personally liable for not telling the public about a potentially life threatening defect that they were producing? Explain and defend your position.